British Isles wild plants
 

Acer campestre Field Maple

 

Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore

 

Aceras anthropophorum Man orchid

 

Achillea millefolium Yarrow

 

Adonis annua Pheasants eye

 

Adoxa moschatellina Moschatel

 

Aegopodium podagraria Ground Elder

 

Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut

 

Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut

 

Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut

 

Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut

 

Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony

 

Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony

 

Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony

 

Agrostemma githago Corncockle

 

Agrostemma githago Corncockle

 



 

Ajuga reptans Bugle

 

Ajuga reptans Bugle

 

Alcea rosea Hollyhock

 

Alchemilla alpina Alpine lady's mantle

 

Alisma plantago-aquatica Common water plantain

 

Alliaria petiolata Hedge Mustard

 

Alliaria petiolata Hedge Mustard

 

Allium paradoxum Few-flowered leek

 

Alium roseum

 

Allium schoenoprasum Chives

 

Allium ursinum Wild Garlic or Ramsons

 

Allium ursinum Ransoms Wild Garlic

 

Alnus glutinosa Alder

 

Alnus glutinosa Alder

 

Alnus glutinosa Alder

 

Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh Foxtail

 

Alopecurus pratensis Foxtail

 

Althaea officinalis Marsh mallow

 

Ammophila arenaria Marram

 

Anacamptis pyramidalis Pyramidal orchid

 

Anacamptis pyramidalis Pyramidal orchid

 

Anemone nemorosa Wood anemone

 

Anemone nemorosa Wood anemone

 

Anemone nemorosa Wood anemone

 

Angelica sylvestris Wild Angelica

 

Anthemis arvensis Corn Chamomile

 

Anthemis arvensis Corn Chamomile

 

Anthemis arvensis Corn Chamomile

 

Anthemis arvensis Corn Chamomile

 

Anthemis arvensis Corn Chamomile

 

Anthemis arvensis Corn Chamomile

 

Anthriscus caucalis Bur Chervil

 

Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley

 

Anthyllis vulneraria Kidney Vetch

 

Antirrhinum orontium Lesser Snapdragon

 

Apium innundatum Pilularia globulifera Lesser Marshwort and Pillwort

 

Apium nodiflorum Fool's Watercress

 

Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine

 

Arabidopsis thaliana Thale Cress

 

Arctium lappa Greater Burdock

 

Arctium lappa Greater burdock

 

Arctium minus Lesser Burdock

 

Arctium minus Lesser Burdock

 

Armeria maritima Thrift

 

Armeria maritima Thrift

 

Armeria maritima Thrift

 

Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat-grass

 

Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat-grass

 

Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat-grass

 

Arum maculatum Cuckoo Pint or Lords and Ladies

 

Arum maculatum Cuckoo Pint or Lords and Ladies

 

Arum maculatum Cuckoo Pint or Lords and Ladies

 

Asparagus officinalis Wild Aparagus

 

Asperula cynanchia Squinancywort

 

Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall-rue

 

Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhiar Spleenwort

 

Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhiar Spleenwort

 

Asplenium viride Green Spleenwort

 

Aster tripolium Sea Aster

 

Astragalus danicus Purple Milk-vetch

 

Astragalus glycyphyllos Wild Liquorice

 

Atropa bella-donna Deadly Nightshade

 

Atropa bella donna Deadly nightshade

 

Ballota nigra Black Horehound

 

Barbarea intermedia Medium-flowered Wintercress

 

Barbarea vulgaris Winter-cress

 

Barbarea vulgaris Winter-cress

 

Bellis perennis Daisy

 

Bellis perennis Daisy

 

Bellis perennis Daisy

 

Bellis perennis Daisy

 

Beta vulgaris Sea Beet

 

Betula pendula Silver birch bark

 

Betula pendula Silver Birch

 

Betula pendula Silver Birch

 

Bidens sp Bur marigold

 

Blackstonia perfoliata Yellow-wort

 

Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell

 

Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell

 

Borago officinalis Borage

 

Botrychium lunaria Moonwort

 

Botrychium lunaria Moonwort

 

Botrychium lunaria Moonwort

 

Botrychium lunaria Moonwort

 

Brachypodium sylvaticum False Brome

 

Brassica oleracea Wild Cabbage

 

Briza media Quaking Grass

 

Bromus comutatus Meadow Brome

 



 

Bryonia dioica (female) White Bryony

 

Bryonia dioica (male) White Bryony

 

Bryum capillare

 

Bupleurum rotundifolium Thorow-wax

 

Butomus umbellatus Flowering-rush

 

Cakile maritima Sea Rocket

 

Calluna vulgaris Heather

 

Calluna vulgaris Heather

 

Calluna vulgaris Heather

 

Calluna vulgaris Heather

 

Calluna vulgaris Heather

 

Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold or King Cup

 

Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold or King Cup

 

Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold or King Cup

 

Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold or King Cup

 

Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold or King Cup

 

Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed

 

Campanula glomerata Clustered bellflower

 

Campanula rotundifolia Harebell

 

Campanula trachelium Nettle-leaved Bellflower

 

Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's-purse

 

Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bittercress

 

Cardamine pratensis Cuckoo Flower or Lady's Smock

 

Carduus acanthoides Welted Thistle

 

Carduus crispus Welted thistle

 

Carduus crispus Welted thistle

 

Carduus crispus Welted thistle

 

Carduus nutans Musk Thistle

 

Carduus nutans Musk Thistle

 

Carduus nutans Musk Thistle

 

Carex flacca Glaucous Sedge

 

Carex nigra Common Sedge

 

Carex paniculata Greater Tussock Sedge

 

Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge

 

Carex remota Remote Sedge

 

Carlina vulgaris Carline Thistle

 

Carlina vulgaris Carline Thistle

 

Carpinus betulus Hornbeam

 

Carpinus betulus Hornbeam

 

Centaurea calcitrapa Red Star-thistle

 

Centaurea nigra Black Knapweed

 

Centaurea nigra Black Knapweed

 

Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed

 

Centaurium littorale Seaside Centaury

 

Centaurium pulchellum Lesser Centaury

 

Cephalanthera damsonium White Helleborine

 

Cephalanthera damsonium White Helleborine

 

Cerastium arvense Field Mouse-ear

 

Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear

 

Ceratocapnos claviculata Climbing Corydalis

 

Ceratocapnos claviculata Climbing Corydalis

 

Ceterach officinarum Rustyback

 

Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb

 

Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb

 

Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb

 

Chenopodium album Fat Hen

 

Chenopodium polyspermum Many-seeded Goosefoot

 

Chrysanthemum sagetum Corn Marigold

 

Chrysanthemum sagetum Corn Marigold

 

Chrysosplenium alternifolium Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage

 

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage

 

Cirsium acaulon Dwarf Thistle

 

Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle

 

Cirsium eriophorum Wooly Thistle

 

Cirsium helenoides Melancholy Thistle

 

Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle

 

Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle

 

Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle

 

Cladium mariscus Great fen sedge

 

Cladium mariscus Great fen sedge

 

Claytonia perfoliata Spring Beauty

 

Claytonia perfoliata Spring Beauty

 

Claytonia perfoliata Spring Beauty

 

Claytonia sibirica Pink Purslane

 

Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil

 

Cochlearia danica Danish Scurvygrass

 

Cochlearia officinalis Common Scurvygrass

 

Coeloglossum viride Frog orchid

 

Hybrid orchid Coeloglossum x Dactylorhiza

 

Hybrid orchid Coeloglossum x Dactylorhiza

 

Conium maculatum Hemlock

 

Conium maculatum Hemlock

 

Conopodium majus Pignut

 

Convallaria majalis Lily-of-the-valley

 

Convolvulus arvensis Field bindweed

 

Corallorhiza trifida Coralroot Orchid

 

Cornus suecica Dwarf Cornel

 

Corylus avellana Hazel

 

Corylus avellana Hazel

 



 

Crambe maritima Sea-kale

 

Crambe maritima Sea-kale

 

Crambe maritima Sea-kale

 

Crambe maritima Sea-kale

 

Crambe maritima Sea-kale

 

Crassula helmsii

 

Crassula helmsii

 

Crassula helmsii

 

Crassula helmsii

 

Hawthorn, sheep, oilseed rape, blue sky, Ashridge

 

Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn or May Tree

 

Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn or May Tree

 

Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn or May Tree

 

Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn or May Tree

 

Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawk's-beard

 

Crithmum maritimum Rock Samphire

 

Cruciata laevipes Crosswort

 

Cuscuta epithymum Common Dodder

 

Cuscuta europaea Greater Dodder

 

Cuscuta europaea Greater Dodder

 

Cymbalaria muralis Ivy-leaved Toadflax

 

Cynoglossum officinale Hound's-tongue

 

Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dog's tail

 

Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dog's tail

 

Cystopteris fragilis Brittle Bladder Fern

 

Cytisus scoparius Broom

 

Cytisus scoparius Broom

 

Cytisus scoparius Broom

 

Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot grass

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted Orchid

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted Orchid

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted Orchid

 

Dactylorhiza incarnata Early marsh orchid

 

Dactylorhiza maculata Heath Spotted Orchid

 

Dactylorhiza praetermissa Southern marsh orchid

 

Dactylorhiza praetermissa Southern marsh orchid

 

Dactylorhiza purpurella Northern marsh orchid

 

Dactylorhiza sp.

 

Daphne laureola Spurge-laurel

 

Daucus carota Wild Carrot

 

Daucus carota Wild carrot

 

Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy Hair-grass

 

Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass

 

Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass

 

Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass

 

Digitalis purpurea Foxglove

 

Digitalis purpurea Foxglove

 

Digitalis purpurea Foxglove

 

Digitalis purpurea Foxglove

 

Dipsacus fullonum Teasel

 



 

Dipsacus fullonum Teasel

 

Dipsacus fullonum Teasel

 

Draba aizoides Yellow Whitlowgrass

 

Drosera anglica Great Sundew

 

Drosera intermedia Oblong-leaved Sundew

 

Drosera rotundifolia Round-leaved Sundew

 

Echium vulgare Viper's-bugloss

 

Bearded couch Elymus caninus

 

Empetrum nigrum Crowberry

 

Empetrum nigrum Crowberry

 

Enteromorpha intestinalis Gutweed

 

Epilobium hirsutum Great willowherb

 

Epilobium montanum Broad-leaved Willowherb

 

Epipactis atrorubens Dark red helleborine

 

Epipactis dunensis Dune Helleborine

 

Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved Helleborine

 

Epipactis palustris Marsh Helleborine

 

Epipactis purpurea

 

Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail

 

Equisetum fluviatile Water Horsetail

 

Equisetum fluviatile Water Horsetail

 

Equisetum palustre Marsh Horsetail

 

Equisetum sylvaticum Wood Horsetail

 

Equisetum telmateia Great Horsetail

 

Equisetum telmateia Great Horsetail

 

Equisetum telmateia Great Horsetail

 

Equisetum telmateia Great Horsetail

 

Eranthis hyemalis Winter Aconite

 

Erica ciliaris Dorset Heath

 

Erica cinerea Bell Heather

 

Erigeron acer Blue Fleabane

 

Erinus alpinus Fairy Foxglove

 

Erinus alpinus Fairy Foxglove

 

Erinus alpinus Fairy Foxglove

 

Erinus alpinus Fairy Foxglove

 

Eriophorum Cotton Grass

 

Eriophorum angustifolium Cotton Grass

 

Erodium cicutarium Common Stork's-bill

 

Erophila verna Common Whitlowgrass

 

Eryngium maritimum Sea Holly

 

Eryngium maritimum Sea Holly

 

Euphorbia amygdaloides Wood Spurge

 

Euphorbia cyparissias Cypress Spurge

 

Euphorbia exigua Dwarf Spurge

 

Euphorbia helioscopia Sun Spurge

 

Fagus sylvatica Beech

 

Fagus sylvatica Beech

 

Fagus sylvatica Beech

 

Fagus sylvatica Beech

 

Fagus sylvatica Beech

 

Falcaria vulgaris Longleaf

 

Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed

 

Ficus carica Fig

 

Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet

 

Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet

 

Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet

 

Filipendula vulgaris Dropwort

 

Filipendula vulgaris Dropwort

 

Foeniculum vulgaris Fennel

 

Fragaria vesca Strawberry

 

Frangula alnus Alder Buckthorn

 

Frangula alnus Alder Buckthorn

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash limestone pavement

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash limestone pavement

 

Fraxinus excelsior Ash sunrise Buckinghamshire

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary

 

Fumaria sp.

 

Fumaria sp.

 

Gagea lutea Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem

 

Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop

 

Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop

 

Galeopisis tetrahit Common Hemp-nettle

 

Galium aparine Cleavers

 

Galium aparine Cleavers

 

Galium odoratum Sweet Woodruff

 

Galium palustre Common Marsh-bedstraw

 

Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw

 

Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw

 

Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw

 

Gallium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw

 

Tree leaf identification guide

 

Woodland plant identification guide

 

Genista pilosa Hairy Greenweed

 

Genista tinctoria Dyer's Greenweed