APHOTOFLORA

An online educational resource and botanical image library dedicated to
the flora; wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, liverworts and mosses, found in
South-West England, mostly around Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

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Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua - diploid
- female flower / capsule 1

Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua - diploid
- female flower / capsule 2

Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua - diploid
- female plant 1

Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua - diploid
- male flowers 1

Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua - diploid
- male plant 1

Images taken in car park at Stoke Village, Plymouth, Devon. 08.06.07. Also of plants in hedge bottom on track to Tolman Point, Old Town, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. 23.07.11. SV9143710080.

Annual Mercury, a native species is dioecious, and male and female flowers are borne on separate plants.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the flora of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but a few species may only be determined by observing microscopic differences that are characteristic to any one species.