Marie Lochman / Holly-leaved banksia (Banksia ilicifolia), Western Australian endemic plant, Yeal Nature Reserve, Western Australia.

Robert Thompson / Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) amongst Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium). Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. March.

Andres M. Dominguez / Dew on spiderweb with Grey-leaved cistus (Cistus albidus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Alex Hyde / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) backlit at sunset. Isle of Mull, Scotland. June. Highly commended in the Botanical Britain Category of the British Widllife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competi...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) growing in Sphagnum moss, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) with insect caught in leaves, growing in sphagnum moss, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) and Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix) in flower, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Close up of Common / Round leaved sundew {Drosera rotundifolia}, Westhay Nature Reserve (Somerset Wildlife Trust), Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. June

Philippe Clement / Opposite-leaved Golden saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) Luxembourg

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Flowering Thread-leaved water-crowfoot (Ranunculus trichophyllus) plants in the middle of a season river, Northern part of the Livanjsko Polje (karst plateau) Zdralovac area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, M...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Narrow leaved bugloss (Echium angustifolium) and Harestail grass (Lagurus ovatus) Mochlos, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Narrow leaved bugloss (Echium angustifolium) and Harestail grass (Lagurus ovatus) Mochlos, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Mallow leaved bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides) flowers covered in raindrops, Akamas peninsula, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Mallow leaved bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides) flowers in a mountain pasture above Stenje, view south towards Stenje village and Konjsko, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitlan / Mallow leaved bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides) in flower with an Eschers blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants pla...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Sage leaved cistus (Cistus salvifolius) close-up of flower covered in raindrops, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Narrow leaved bugloss (Echium angustifolium) in flower and Harestail grass (Lagurus ovatus) Mochlos, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Two Broad leaved anemone (Anemone hortensis) flowers, Sitia, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Peach-leaved bellflower (Campanula persicifolia) flower, Mns, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Rusty leaved alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) flower, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Broad leaved everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius) in flower, Queyras, France, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Narrow leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) in flower, Foret du Morgon, France, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Broad leaved everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius) in flower, Queyras, France, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Close-up of Mallow-leaved bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides) flower covered in raindrops, Akamas peninsula, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Sage leaved cistus (Cistus salvifloria) in flower, Akamas Peninsula, Cyprus, April 2009

Guy Edwardes / Stone fly (Leuctra fusca) on Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium alternifolium) Zelske Jame, Skocjan Karst Gorge, Rakov Skocjan, Slovenia, April

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Long leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) in flower, Monte Sacro, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Long leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) flower, Monte Sacro, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Long leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) in flower, Monte Sacro, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Long leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) in flower, Monte Sacro, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Kim Taylor / Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) with captured lacewing, UK.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Nettle leaved bellflower {Campanula trachelium} Switzerland.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) flowers and Large-leaved Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) in summer, Pryor Mountain, Montana

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Trichophorum cespitosum) amongst Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix), heathland at dawn. Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium. June 2015.

Bernard Castelein / Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Bernard Castelein / Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium montanum) seedpods opening to disperse seeds, an arable weed. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nick Garbutt / Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) flowering beside mountain stream. North Tyrol, Austria. June.

Nick Garbutt / Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) near stream in mountain valley. Fiss, Landeck, North Tyrol, Austria. June 2017.

David Pike / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), close up. Bystock Pools, Devon Wildlife Trust nature reserve, near Exmouth, Devon. June. Focus stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Blunt-leaved bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre). Whitelye Common SSSI, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. February.

Chris Mattison / Blunt-leaved bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre). Whitelye Common SSSI, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. February.

Nick Upton / Sage-leaved cistus (Cistus salvifolius) and Spiny broom (Calicotome villosa), Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June.

Nick Upton / Montpellier / Narrow-leaved cistus (Cistus monspeliensis) bushes flowering in the Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy, June 2018.

Robin Chittenden / Three-leaved gladiolus (Gladiolus triphyllus) in rock crevice. Cyprus. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Sundew (Drosera binata dichotoma) leaf with sticky glandular trichomes / hairs, insectivorous plant.

Nigel Cattlin / Sundew (Drosera binata dichotoma), close-up of leaf with sticky glandular trichomes / hairs, insectivorous plant.

Nigel Cattlin / Sundew (Drosera binata dichotoma), close-up of Fly (Diptera) stuck to sticky glandular trichomes / hairs of leaf.

Heather Angel / Saxon wasp (Dolichovespula saxonica) and Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) feeding on Broad leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). Surrey, England, UK. August.

Heather Angel / Peach leaved bellflower (Campanula persicifolia) dissection, petals removed to show how stamens transfer pollen to style via secondary pollen presentation in bud stage. Focus stacked.

Heather Angel / Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) in montane grassland above treeline. Giau Pass / Passo di giau, Dolomites, Italy. July 2011.

Heather Angel / Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) in montane grassland above treeline. Giau Pass / Passo di giau, Dolomites, Italy. July 2011.

Heather Angel / Ivy leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) flowers with orange nectar guides. Surrey, England, UK. April.

Heather Angel / Gold-tailed melitta bee (Melitta haemorrhoidalis), two males sleeping at night in Peach-leaved bellflower (Campanula persicifolia). In garden, Surrey, England, UK. Focus stacked.

Heather Angel / Great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) butterfly male nectaring on Rough-leaved hydrangea (Hydrangea aspera). Male is highly territorial chasing other insects away. Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan Prov...

Robert Thompson / Flat-leaved scalewort (Radula complanata) Peatlands Park, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. February.

Robert Thompson / Flat-leaved scalewort (Radula complanata) Peatlands Park, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. February.

Edwin Giesbers / Three-leaved gladiolus (Gladiolus triphyllus) endemic to Cyprus;

Edwin Giesbers / Three-leaved gladiolus (Gladiolus triphyllus) flower. endemic to Cyprus; Cyprus. April.

Marie Lochman / Holly-leaved banksia (Banksia ilicifolia), Western Australian endemic plant, Yeal Nature Reserve, Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Biodiversity of flora in heath / Kwongan habitat dominated by Holly-leaved Honeysuckle (Lambertia ilicifolia), Western Australia,Wheatbelt, Dryandra forest, September 2018

Marie Lochman / Biodiversity of flora in heath / Kwongan habitat dominated by Holly-leaved Honeysuckle (Lambertia ilicifolia), Western Australia,Wheatbelt, Dryandra forest, September 2018

Marie Lochman / Biodiversity of flora in heath / Kwongan habitat dominated by Holly-leaved Honeysuckle (Lambertia ilicifolia), Western Australia,Wheatbelt, Dryandra forest, September 2018

Marie Lochman / Biodiversity of flora in heath / Kwongan habitat dominated by Holly-leaved Honeysuckle (Lambertia ilicifolia), Western Australia,Wheatbelt, Dryandra forest, September

Nick Upton / Apple mint / Round-leaved mint (Mentha suaveolens = Mentha rotundifolia) flowering on a mountain slope, Salarzon, Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain, August.

Nick Upton / Apple mint / Round-leaved mint (Mentha suaveolens = Mentha rotundifolia) flowering on a mountain slope, Salarzon, Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain, August.

Konrad Wothe / Sundew (Drosera intermedia) in wetland habitat, Bavaria, Germany, July.

Shane P. White / Small-leaved Fig (Ficus obliqua) trees along freshwater spring, Matevulu Blue Hole, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Nick Upton / Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flower spikes, Stoborough Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Small flies trapped by the sticky hairs of an Oblong-leaved / Long-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia), Godlingston Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Small flies trapped by the sticky hairs of Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), Godlingston Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Robert Thompson / Sword-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) French Pyrenees, France. May

Robert Thompson / Sword-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) French Pyrenees, France. May

Nick Upton / Common European toad toadlet (Bufo bufo) resting on an Oblong-leaved sundew plant (Drosera intermedia) in a dried out marshland pool, Studland heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Mike Read / Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium). Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve, Ellingham, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK. April...

Steven David Miller / Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) feeding on seedpods in Flax wattle (Acacia linifolia) tree. Lane Cove National Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Andy Sands / Small leaved lime / Pry Tree (Tilia cordata) Veteran tree that was once a coppice stool but has remained un-cut for around 100 years plus, ancient woodland indicator species, Suffolk, England, UK, Apr...

Andy Sands / Small leaved lime / Pry Tree (Tilia cordata) Ancient coppice stool growing in managed woodland, ancient woodland indicator species, Suffolk, England, UK, May

Andy Sands / Small leaved lime / Pry Tree (Tilia cordata) Close up of leaves, ancient woodland indicator species, Suffolk, England, UK, May

Andy Sands / Small leaved lime / Pry Tree (Tilia cordata) veteran tree that was once a coppice stool but has remained un-cut for around 100 years plus. Ancient woodland indicator species, Suffolk, England, UK, Apr...

Colin Varndell / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) on Winfrith Heath, Dorset, UK June.

Chris Mattison / Fork-leaved sundew (Drosera bipinata) carnivorous plant, native to Australia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Wide-leaved / Juno iris (Iris planifolia), Sierra de las Nieves National Park, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain. January 2018.

Robert Thompson / Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) in deciduous woodland. South of Casteil, Vernet Les Bains, Pyrenees Orientales, south west France. May 2018.

Loic Poidevin / Siskin (Carduelis spinus) on Elm (Ulmus minor) branch, Vendee, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. March.

Andres M. Dominguez / Frost covered Elm (Ulmus minor) and Pear tree (Pyrus sylvestris) tree leaves, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, December.

Andres M. Dominguez / Frost covered Elm (Ulmus minor) and Pear tree (Pyrus sylvestris) tree leaves, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, December.

Andres M. Dominguez / Beetle (Scolytus sp) galleries in Field elm (Ulmus minor). Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain.

Konrad Wothe / Sundew leaves (Drosera intermedia) Bavaria, Germany, July.

Kim Taylor / Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalantheria longifolia). Apennines, Italy, May.

Will Watson / Large Thyme (Thymus pulegioides), north Herefordshire Hills, England, UK, June.

Will Watson / Small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) leaf showing pale brown tufted hairs on the underside of the leaf in the vein axils, ancient semi-natural woodland, Herefordshire Plateau, England, UK, May.

Will Watson / Tree wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris) male pollinating Broad-leaved Helleborine, Herefordshire, England.

Will Watson / Tree wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris) male pollinating Broad-leaved Helleborine, Herefordshire, England, UK, July.

Doug Wechsler / Spatulate-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia) with Sparkling jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx dimidiata) Wharton State Forest, New Jersey, USA, June.

Sandra Bartocha / Heathland landscape with Cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix) Thy NP, Denmark, July.