Pat Tuson / Wild Perennial Lupin (Lupinus perennis) Gillespie Park Local Nature Reserve an urban ecology park with tower blocks in background, Highbury, London Borough of Islington, England UK

Nigel Cattlin / Quaking grass (Briza media) spikelets flowering within panicle, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Quaking grass (Briza media) spikelets flowering within panicle, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Buffalo grass / Sour paspalum (Paspalum conjugatum) flower spikes, a tropical perennial weed grass.

Nigel Cattlin / Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne), close up of flowering spike with awned spikelets.

Nigel Cattlin / Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillar feeding on large yellow ornamental garden Mullein, (Verbascum sp.) Berkshire, June

Nigel Cattlin / Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillar feeding on large yellow ornamental garden Mullein (Verbascum sp.) Berkshire, June

Claudio Contreras / Maya woman weaving Panama hat with fibres of Jipijapa (Carludovica palmata) a palm-like perennial plant, Santa Cruz Hacienda, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Maya woman weaving Panama hat with fibres of Jipijapa (Carludovica palmata) a palm-like perennial plant, Santa Cruz Hacienda, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Paul Hobson / Quaking-grass (Briza media) spikelets. Sheffield, England, UK. May.

Robert Thompson / Fallopia convolvulus (Convolvulus arvensis) Vingrau, French Pyrenees, France. May

Matthew Maran / Quaking grass (Briza media) flowers, Devon, England, UK, June.