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Horse Chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum

Photo by RowanSchley
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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful, tall white flowering stem, with each flower having stamens extending from it, and with a pink centre.

Habitat:

A small wood, at the end of a rapeseed field.

Notes:

Each flower is like a little orchid :)

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Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

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