Wild Flowers (Collins Gem) - Softcover

Walters, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007178549 ISBN 13: 9780007178544

Publisher: Collins, 2012

Synopsis

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material.

This is the perfect pocket guide for nature enthusiasts keen to identify the wild flowers they might encounter on a walk along the coast or in the mountains, or a ramble through woodland, fields or wetlands.

Authoritative text, beautiful photographs and detailed illustrations show the parts of the flower, stem, leaf and fruit, including both common and scientific names of each wild flower.

Additionally, each entry features illustrations and description of appearance and colour, details on size, type of habitat, geographical range and flowering season, along with helpful information on herbal medicinal uses of each flower.

About this title

Review:

'A must for car and pocket. A great little book. Ideal for novice botanists to carry everywhere' -Amazon reader's review of previous edition.

Synopsis:

The only comprehensive, pocket-sized guide to wild flowers of Britain and Ireland. This completely new edition combines both photographs and artwork to give a really practical and attractive identification guide. Collins Gem Wild Flowers will enable anyone who is in the countryside, whether on a walk along the coast or in the mountains, or a ramble through woodland, fields or wetlands, to identify hundreds of flower species. Each wild flower entry includes:; Identifying illustrations and description of appearance and colour; Size, type of habitat, geographical range and flowering season; Herbal medicinal uses In addition, the introduction has sections on the parts of the flower, stem, leaf and fruit, and information on the common and scientific names of wild flowers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0007178549
• ISBN 13: 9780007178544
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256