Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) blooming around Desert agave (Agave desertii) in Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, March 2017. These plants are flowering during...
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) plants in mist, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum), . Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) flower spikes in mist, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), flower spike in meadow, UK, June
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Blue-tailed damselfly {Ischnura elegans}, male on flower spike, Cornwall, UK. June
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small red damselfly {Ceriagrion tenellum} resting on willow herb flower spike, covered in morning dew, Arne (RSPB) Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK. August
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Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella 7-punctata) climbing to top of flower spike, UK
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) male feeding on flower spike, Bulgaria, May 2008
Chris Mattison / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio syriaca). Western Cyprus. March.
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Adrian Davies / Lady Orchid (Orchis purpurea) in flower, Kent, England, UK. May.
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Adrian Davies / Knapweed broomrape (Orobanche elatior), parasite on roots of Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa). Hampshire, England, UK. June.
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Rita prickly pear (Opuntia santarita) cactus flower with new growth spines on pad. Santa Catalina mountains foothills, Upper Sonnoran Desert, Arizona, USA. May.
Nigel Cattlin / Crested dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus) grass flower spikes against a studio black background
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Nigel Cattlin / Rye (Secale cereale), two unripe spikes / ears with long awns.
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Nigel Cattlin / Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis) unopened flower spikes. An agressive weed of crops particularly in tropical and sub-tropical climates.
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Nigel Cattlin / Two row barley (Hordeum vulgare), three spikes flowering with long awns.
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Nigel Cattlin / Meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis), three flower spikes with anthers and stamens.
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Heather Angel / Bird of paradise / Crane flower (Strelitzia reginae). Cultivated in garden. Native to South Africa.
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Heather Angel / Austral blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) with pollen on head after nectaring on Blue puya (Puya berteroniana). Parque Ingles, Chile. December.
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Nick Upton / Group of Golden Barrel Cacti (Echinocactus grusonii), with dead flowers, a species endemic to Mexico, at the Jardin de Cactus, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February.
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Andy Sands / Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) flower spike, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April
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Andy Sands / Burnt-tip Orchid (Orchis ustulata) Close up of flowers spike, East Sussex, England, UK, May - Focus Stacked Image
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Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) perched in spiny tree. Wayanad, Kerala, India.
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Nick Upton / Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) flowerhead in bud, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), white form, flowering in a damp woodland, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Man orchid (Orchis anthropophora) flower spike. Abruzzo, Central Apennines, Italy, May.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) flower spike. Abruzzo, Central Apennines, Italy, May.
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Philippe Clement / Cotton thistle / Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium) in flower, Belgium, July
Alan Williams / Grayling Butterflies (Hipparchia semele) feeding on Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing on shore of Dee Estuary, Hoylake, Wirral, UK, August.
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Alan Williams / Grayling Butterflies (Hipparchia semele) feeding on Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing on shore of Dee Estuary, Hoylake, Wirral, UK, July.
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Alan Williams / Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) close-up of flower head growing on low sand dunes, Dee Estuary, Hoylake, Wirral, UK, July.
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Alan Williams / Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) on low sand dunes, Dee Estuary with North Wales and Hilbre Island in the distance, Hoylake, Wirral, UK, July.
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Alan Williams / Young Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) plant in bloom on low sand dunes, Dee Estuary, Hoylake, Wirral, UK, July.
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Alan Williams / Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) on low sand dunes on shore of Dee Estuary Hoylake Wirral UK June 52243
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Alan Williams / Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) on shore of Dee Estuary with Hilbre Island in the background Hoylake Wirral UK August 1638
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Colin Varndell / Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) on chalk downland, north Dorset, UK, August.
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Sandra Bartocha / Bergons serapias orchid (Serapias bergonii), Pollino National Park, Italy. May 2009.
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Ann & Steve Toon / RF - Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) eating Driedoring flowers (Rhigozum trichotomum) after rain. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January. (This image may be licensed eit...
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Nick Upton / Dried skeletons and flowering spike of Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flower spikes in the Las Canadas caldera, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May.
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Nick Upton / Three metre tall Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flowering spike and Canary catmint / Teide catmint (Nepeta teydea var. teydea) on mountainside, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands,...
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Nick Upton / Three metre tall Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flowering spike on misty mountainside, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May.
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Nick Upton / Three metre tall Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flowering spike on mountainside overlooking the Las Canadas Caldera, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May.
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Nick Upton / Mullein (Verbascum sp.) flowering spike on Mount Piva plateau with the mountains of Sutjeska National Park in nearby Bosnia and Herzegovina, background, near Trsa, Montenegro, July.
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Nick Upton / Century plant (Agave americana) flowering spike, Algarve, Portugal, July 2013.
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Cyril Ruoso / Senita cactus (Pachycereus Lophocereus schottii) close up of flowers and spines, Vizcaino Desert, Baja California, Mexico, May.
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Nick Upton / Century plant (Agave americana) flowering spike, Algarve, Portugal, July 2013.
Andres M. Dominguez / Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, September.
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John Waters / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on flower spike of Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) Somerset, UK, July.
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Loic Poidevin / Common teasel (Dispacus fullonum) flowers, Vendee, France, July.
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Gabriel Rojo / Cactus (Trichocereus candicans) in flower, the flowers of this species only open fully at night, Lihue Calel National Park, La Pampa, Argentina
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) leaves and flower spike, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) flower spike, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) flower spike, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) flower spike in mist, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Nick Upton / Common Ramping-Fumitory (Fumaria muralis) flowers on a coastal headland, Cornwall, UK, April.
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Adrian Davies / Dwarf thistle (Cirsium acaule) flowers and seeds, Surrey, UK, August.
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Staffan Widstrand / RF- European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) orphan, Jarfalla, Sweden. August. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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John Waters / White-tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) in flight, approaching flower of Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Ham Wall RSPB reserve near Glastonbury, Somerset, UK, June.
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John Waters / White-tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) in flight, approaching flower of Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Ham Wall RSPB reserve near Glastonbury, Somerset, UK, June.
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Chris Mattison / Flower spike (Haworthia maughanii) South Africa.
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Duncan Usher / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly resting on orchid plant, Bulgaria
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Ann & Steve Toon / Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), Grasspoint, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK, July
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Thomas Marent / Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) butterfly, Switzerland
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Thomas Marent / Owl Fly (Libelloides coccajus) on orchid, Switzerland
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly male (Sympetrum sanguineum) on flower spike, Lago di Mezzano, near Latera, Lazio, Italy, July
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Niall Benvie / Betony (Stachys sp.) flower spike. France, August.
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Tui De Roy / Small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) feeding on flower spike. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, December.
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Tui De Roy / Small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) feeding on flower spike. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, November.
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MYN / Carsten Krieger / Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) flower spike, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Carsten Krieger / Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) flower spike, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Carsten Krieger / Sea Plantain (Plantago maritima) flower spike, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, July. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Gary K. Smith / Houseleek (Sempervivum sp) flower spike, UK, July
