Sunday Quiz – Spring Ephemerals – The Answers

Dear Readers, we had a full set of perfect results this week, with 12 out of 12 for Claire, Fran and Bobby Freelove and Joanna Smith (who I think might be a first-timer for the quiz, but remind me if I’m wrong, Joanna!). Well done to all of you, and I shall be trying to catch you out again tomorrow 🙂

Photos

Photo One Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

1) H) Spring crocus (Crocus vernus)

Photo Two by Evelyn Simak from https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6419558

2) F) Squill (Scilla siberica)

Photo 3 By © Laila Remahl 2004. - Photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=736786

3) K) Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)

Photo 4 by Roger Jones from https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3945580

4) J) Oxlip (Primula elatior)

Photo Five by Tony Alter, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

5) B) Spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum)

Photo Six by Martin Olsson (mnemo on en/sv wikipedia and commons, martin@minimum.se)., CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

6) D) Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

Photo Seven by Penny Mayes 

7) A) Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)

Photo 8 by MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

8) G) English Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

Photo Nine by By Stu's Images, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14948937

9) L) Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana)

Photo Ten by Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

10) I) Cowslip (Primula veris)

Photo 11 by Antje Shcultner at https://www.flickr.com/photos/momentsinthenature/

11) C) Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)

Photo Twelve by Eirian Evans 

12) E) Wood anemone (Anemone nemerosa)

Photo Credits

Photo One by Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Two by Evelyn Simak from https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6419558

Photo Three By © Laila Remahl 2004. – Photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=736786

Photo Four by Roger Jones from https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3945580

Photo Five by Tony Alter, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Six by Martin Olsson (mnemo on en/sv wikipedia and commons, martin@minimum.se)., CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Seven by Penny Mayes

Photo Eight by MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Nine by By Stu’s Images, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14948937

Photo Ten by Björn S…, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eleven by Antje Schultner at https://www.flickr.com/photos/momentsinthenature/

Photo Twelve by Eirian Evans

1 thought on “Sunday Quiz – Spring Ephemerals – The Answers

  1. Fran & Bobby Freelove

    We love these spring flowers and we’re lucky enough to have eleven of them in our gardens, we both have the oxlip as our favourite.

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