Flowers amongst Jervaulx Abbey ruins
Jervaulx Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire. It was a beautiful calm spot to wander on a sunny June day.
Wildflowers and stone
I loved the combination of ancient monument with nature.
It was good to see Vipers bugloss away from the coast
Echium vulgare is nearly always by the sea where I find it in Sussex.
![vipers bugloss echium vulgare jervaulx abbey jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/vipers-bugloss-echium-vulgare-jervaulx-abbey-jun-2021-600x450.jpg)
Around the stone window below, I could see Vipers bugloss Echium vulgare, Pellitory of the wall Parietaria judaica / diffusa, Stonecrop Sedum acre, and some yellow Hawks beards or Hawkbits amongst other things.
![wildflowers growing jervaulx abbey ruins jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wildflowers-growing-jervaulx-abbey-ruins-jun-2021-scaled-e1639588456500-450x600.jpg)
Wallflowers were almost compulsory in this setting
![wallflower vipers bugloss Jervaulx Abbey June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wallflower-vipers-bugloss-Jervaulx-Abbey-June-2021-450x600.jpg)
![wallflowers erysimum cheiranthus cheiri jervaulx abbey june 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wallflowers-erysimum-cheiranthus-cheiri-jervaulx-abbey-junr-2021-600x450.jpg)
Dog rose Rosa canina swathed the stone in various places
![vipers bugloss rose jervaulx abbey june 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/vipers-bugloss-rose-jervaulx-abbey-june-2021-450x600.jpg)
![dog rose rosa canina jervaulx abbey june 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rose-rosa-jervaulx-abbey-june-2021-450x600.jpg)
Vetch and vetchling
I was a little unsure about this possible Wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, because it had tendrils but also hairs. (According to Rose, Wood vetch can be differentiated from Wood bitter vetch Vicia orobus by its tendrils, but Vicia sylvatica is described as hairless).
![wood vetch vicia sylvatica flowers Jervaulx Abbey June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wood-vetch-vicia-sylvatica-flowers-Jervaulx-Abbey-June-2021-450x600.jpg)
![Meadow vetchling flowers lathyrus pratensis Jervaulx Abbey June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Meadow-vetchling-flowers-lathyrus-pratensis-Jervaulx-Abbey-June-2021-450x600.jpg)
Blooms amongst the walls
![yarrow achillea millefolium aubretia jervaulx abbey june 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/yarrow-achillea-millefolium-aubretia-jervaulx-abbey-june-2021-600x600.jpg)
![marjoram origanum vulgare jervaulx abbey junr 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marjoram-origanum-vulgare-jervaulx-abbey-junr-2021-600x450.jpg)
![red campion silene dioica Jervaulx Abbey June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/red-campion-silene-dioica-Jervaulx-Abbey-June-2021-600x600.jpg)
![very blousy nettle urtica dioica Jervaulx Abbey June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/very-blousy-nettle-urtica-dioica-Jervaulx-Abbey-June-2021-450x600.jpg)
This Crosswort was new to me, but there didn’t seem to be anything I could confuse it with, being such a bright yellow-green.
![crosswort cruciata laevipes flowers Jervaulx Abbey June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/crosswort-cruciata-laevipes-flowers-Jervaulx-Abbey-June-2021-600x450.jpg)
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