Bear's Breech
Taken at Liverpool on 21st July 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File



Bear's Breech.
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Habit: 		Acanthus mollis.
Lamiales.
Acanthaceae.
Herbaceous Perennial.
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 This garden plant is also quite common in the wild. It grows in dry areas, roadsides and wastelands, especially in rocky and bushy places.
30 - 80 cms.
May - August.
Is pollinated only by bees or bumble bees large enough to force their way between the upper sepal and the lower, so that they can reach the nectar at the bottom of the tube.