What’s Flowering? 31st March to 6th April

A selection of (mostly) flowers from the first week of April 2025. The date is given on the first record of that day only. Location is given on the first occurrence, then only if the location or the day changes.

Hairy whitlowgrass Erophila majusucula still flowering on Hartlebury Common (01.04.25), where I met Paul Sterry and Andrew Cleave who were looking to photograph it for their book.
Wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides along the roadside at Monkwood NR. 01.04.25.
Juneberry Amelanchier lamarckii which is a neophyte of wood borders and dry heaths, it is locally frequent on Hartlebury Common. 03.04.25
Sweet violet Viola odorata var. imberbis (white form with mauve spur). Hartlebury Castle. 03.04.25
Lambs – what is the scientific name for sheep? It’s Ovis aries. Hartlebury Castle.
I think I had this down as Annual wall-rocket Diplotaxis muralis, but I want to check this as I’m not overly familiar with it. Scrubby road verge, Hartlebury Common. 04.04.25.
Greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea along the woodland edge leading to Lincomb Lock along the River Severn.
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa now flowering and replacing P. cerasifera in hedgerows. Notice the dull brown twigs, spines and non-reflexed sepals.
Cuckoo flower Cardamine pratensis along the banks of the Severn.
Common dog-violet Viola riviniana, which has a spur that is lighter than the petals and longer sepal appendages (1.5mm or more).
Common fumitory Fumaria officinalis subsp. officinalis. This was growing directly out of a recently rebuilt sandstone wall on Lincomb Lane. With small flowers, fruits wider than long and sepals around 1.5mm, I decided this was F. officinalis. As it had around 37 flowers to a raceme, I believe it’s subspecies officinalis – which usually has 20-40 flowers.
Spring sedge Carex caryophyllea on Castlemorton Common. This species can be confused with Pill sedge Carex pilulifera, but C. caryophyllea has a sheathing lower bract and flowers slightly earlier. 05.04.25.
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. I saw this species a few times on Castlemorton, but only found one plant that was actually in flower.
A suspect violet. I wanted to see Heath violet Viola canina, and came across these plants on Hollybed Common which had a yellowish spur but didn’t have stipules to match (16). I believe they are common dog-violet V. riviniana but would like to check again later in the season.