Early Dog Violets Viola reichenbachiana, ©Janice Robertson Willen Lake 10 April 2018

How many people know our common wildflowers? The charity Plantlifecommissioned a poll by YouGov two years ago to find out if people could identify wildflowers and discovered a shocking lack of knowledge. Most could not identify, or mis-identified, the common dog-violet, one of the most widespread wildflowers found in 97% of the UK, and only 6% of 16- to 24-year-olds correctly named it. There were similar results for red clover, another common wildflower. But most people said they would like to identify more wildflowers, although only about half of young people were so enthusiastic.

Click here for more information.: Plantwatch: What is that wildflower? And why don’t we know? | Science | The Guardian