Crested Cow-Wheat Melampyrum cristatum

This lovely wildflower is found in grassland and is semi-parasitic on other plants. It is now very rare in the UK, being confined to East Anglia. It has densely-packed flower heads with toothed bracts which are deep rose-purple in colour and purple and yellow flowers. Image: Natural England / Neil Pike (Flickr).

Find out more: iNaturalist, First Nature, Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora