List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland 3
Encyclopedia
This page covers a group of dicotyledon
Dicotyledon
The dicotyledons, also known as dicots, are a group of flowering plants whose seed typically has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. There are around 199,350 species within this group...

 families (Lauraceae
Lauraceae
The Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the order Laurales. The family contains about 55 genera and over 3500, perhaps as many as 4000, species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America...

 to Salicaceae
Salicaceae
Salicaceae are a family of flowering plants. Recent genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 55 genera....

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Family Lauraceae
Lauraceae
The Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the order Laurales. The family contains about 55 genera and over 3500, perhaps as many as 4000, species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America...

English name Scientific name Status
Bay Laurel Laurus nobilis *

Family Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochiaceae
The Aristolochiaceae, or the Birthwort family, are a family of flowering plants with 7 genera and about 400 species belonging to the order Piperales...

English name Scientific name Status
Asarabacca Asarum europaeum
Asarum europaeum
Asarum europaeum, commonly known as Asarabacca, European Wild Ginger, Haselwort, and Wild Spikenard, is a species of wild ginger with single axillary dull purple flowers, lying on the ground...

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Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis
Aristolochia clematitis
Aristolochia clematitis, Birthwort, is a twining herbaceous plant in the Aristolochiaceae family, which is native to Europe. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form...

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Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda *

Family Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains eight genera. There are about 70 species of water lilies around the world. The genus...

English name Scientific name Status
White Water-lily Nymphaea alba
Nymphaea alba
Nymphaea alba, also known as the European White Waterlily, White Lotus, or Nenuphar, is an aquatic flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae....

Yellow Water-lily Nuphar lutea
Nuphar lutea
Nuphar lutea is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.-Growth:...

Least Water-lily Nuphar pumila
Nuphar pumila
Nuphar pumila is an aquatic perennial plant from the Nymphaeaceae family. It is also known as Least or Dwarf Water Lily because it is the dwarf species of Nupar lutea; while Nupar lutea has a star- shaped form of the stigma disc and glabrous leaf undersides, Nupar pumila has a round stigma disc...

Spatter-dock Nuphar advena
Nuphar advena
Nuphar advena is a species of Nuphar native throughout the eastern United States, and just into the extreme south of Canada. It is similar to the Eurasian species N...

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Family Ceratophyllaceae

English name Scientific name Status
Rigid Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum
Ceratophyllum demersum
Ceratophyllum demersum is a species of Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant, native to North America but nowadays having a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and tropical regions...

Soft Hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum

Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....

English name Scientific name Status
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Caltha palustris
Caltha palustris is a herbaceous perennial plant of the buttercup family, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....

Globeflower Trollius europaeus
Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus foetidus, known variously as stinking hellebore , dungwort, and bear's foot, is a member of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native of the mountainous regions of Central and Southern Europe, Greece and Asia Minor...

Green Hellebore Helleborus viridis
Lenten-rose Helleborus orientalis *
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Eranthis hyemalis
Eranthis hyemalis is a plant found in Europe, which belongs to the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family. The plant is small, but it has large, yellow, cup-shaped flowers. It is commonly known as Winter Aconite or Wolf's Bane. This plant grows from a tuber and has a low habit...

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Love-in-a-mist Nigella damascena
Nigella damascena
Nigella damascena is an annual garden flowering plant, belonging to the buttercup family .It is native to southern Europe , north Africa and southwest Asia. It is also commonly grown in gardens in North America...

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Monk's-hood Aconitum napellus
Aconitum napellus
Aconitum napellus is a species of Aconitum in the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central Europe....

Wolf's-bane Aconitum lycoctonum *
Larkspur Consolida ajacis *
Baneberry Actaea spicata
Actaea spicata
Actaea spicata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Actaea, native to Europe and Western Asia....

Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Anemone nemorosa
Anemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. Common names include wood anemone, windflower, thimbleweed and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves...

Blue Anemone Anemone apennina *
Yellow Anemone Anemone ranunculoides
Anemone ranunculoides
Anemone ranunculoides, the yellow anemone, yellow wood anemone or buttercup anemone, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant that grows in forests across most of Continental Europe, and less frequently in the Mediterranean region...

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Liverleaf Anemone hepatica
Anemone hepatica
Anemone hepatica is a herbaceous perennial growing from a rhizome in the buttercup family , native to woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.- Taxonomy :The taxonomy of the genus Anemone and its species is not fully resolved...

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Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pulsatilla vulgaris belongs to the buttercup family , native to western, central and southern Europe....

Traveller's joy Clematis vitalba
Clematis vitalba
Clematis vitalba is a shrub of the Ranunculaceae family.-Description:Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals...

Virgin's-bower Clematis flammula
Clematis flammula
Clematis flammula is a temperate liana known by the common name fragrant virgin's bower. It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, but it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant in gardens. The woody vine bears fragrant white flowers and small green achenes...

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Orange-peel Clematis Clematis tangutica *
Himalayan Clematis Clematis montana
Clematis montana
Clematis montana or the Anemone Clematis is an early flowering plant of the genus Clematis. It is a vigorous climbing plant and is used by gardeners to hide unsightly structures such as sheds and walls....

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Purple Clematis Clematis viticella
Clematis viticella
Clematis viticella or "Virgin's Bower", is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family; it is native to Europe. The climber was the first clematis imported into English gardens, where it was already being grown in 1569 by Hugh Morgan, Apothecary to Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen"...

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Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus
Hairy Buttercup Ranunculus sardous
Ranunculus sardous
Ranunculus sardous is a species of buttercup known by the common name hairy buttercup. It is native to Europe and it can be found in many other areas of the world, including parts of the United States and Australia, as an introduced species and a roadside and lawn weed. It grows in many types of...

St Martin's Buttercup Ranunculus marginatus *
Rough-fruited Buttercup Ranunculus muricatus
Ranunculus muricatus
Ranunculus muricatus is a species of buttercup known by the common name spinyfruit buttercup. It is native to Europe, but it can be found in many other places in the world, including parts of Africa, Australia, and the western and eastern United States, as an introduced species and agricultural and...

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Small-flowered Buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus
Ranunculus parviflorus
Ranunculus parviflorus is a species of buttercup known by the common name smallflower buttercup. It is native to Europe, but it is known on other areas of the world as an introduced species and sometimes a roadside weed, for example, in parts of Australia and the United States. It is an annual herb...

Corn Buttercup Ranunculus arvensis
Ranunculus arvensis
Ranunculus arvensis is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus. It is native to Europe, but it can be found on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed, including in North America and Australia. It was formerly a common annual arable weed in Britain, but is now rare there...

Jersey Buttercup Ranunculus paludosus
Goldilocks Buttercup Ranunculus auricomus
Ranunculus auricomus
Ranunculus auricomus, known as Goldilocks Buttercup, is a perennial species of buttercup native to temperate Eurasia. It is a calcicole typically found in moist woods and at the margins of woods. It is apomictic, and several hundred agamospecies have been recognised. The stem leaves are few and...

Celery-leaved Buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus
Ranunculus sceleratus
Ranunculus sceleratus is a species of buttercup known by the common names cursed buttercup and celery-leaved buttercup. It is native to North America and Eurasia, where it grows in wet and moist habitat, including ponds and streambanks. It is an annual herb growing up to half a meter tall...

Greater Spearwort Ranunculus lingua
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
Ranunculus flammula
Ranunculus flammula L. is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus , growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It is very closely related to R. reptans L., which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is...

Creeping Spearwort Ranunculus reptans
Adder's-tongue Spearwort Ranunculus ophioglossifolius
Aconite-leaved Buttercup Ranunculus aconitifolius
Ranunculus aconitifolius
Ranunculus aconitifolius is a species of herbaceous perennials of the genus Ranunculus in the family Ranunculaceae.The leaves and stems are slightly hairy...

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Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria
Ivy-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus
Round-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculus omiophyllus
Three-lobed Crowfoot Ranunculus tripartitus
Brackish Water-crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii
Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus
Common Water-crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis
Ranunculus aquatilis
Ranunculus aquatilis is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus, native throughout most of Europe and western North America, and also northwest Africa....

Pond Water-crowfoot Ranunculus peltatus
Ranunculus peltatus
Ranunculus peltatus is a plant species in the genus Ranunculus, native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.It is a herbaceous annual or perennial plant generally found in slow streams, ponds, or lakes...

Stream Water-crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus
River Water-crowfoot Ranunculus fluitans
Ranunculus fluitans
Ranunculus fluitans ' is a species of buttercup. It is a perennial and bushy in favourable conditions when it can grow to 6m height...

Fan-leaved Water-crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus
Pheasant's-eye Adonis annua
Adonis annua
Adonis annua is a medicinal and ornamental plant and is a plant of the Ranunculaceae family.It...

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Mousetail Myosurus minimus
Myosurus minimus
Myosurus minimus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name tiny mousetail. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America. It generally grows in moist habitat types, such as riverbanks and wet...

Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Aquilegia vulgaris
Aquilegia vulgaris is a species of columbine native to Europe.- Description :It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.2 m tall, with branched, thinly hairy stems...

Pyrenean Columbine Aquilegia pyrenaica *
French Meadow-rue Thalictrum aquilegiifolium *
Chinese Meadow-rue Thalictrum delavayi
Thalictrum delavayi
Thalictrum delavayi is a flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae that is native to China. 'Hewitt's Double' is a double-flowered cultivar that is often cultivated....

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Common Meadow-rue Thalictrum flavum
Thalictrum flavum
Thalictrum flavum is a plant species in the genus Thalictrum. It is often called common meadow-rue or yellow meadow-rue...

Lesser Meadow-rue Thalictrum minus
Thalictrum minus
Thalictrum minus is a perennial herb in the family Ranunculaceae that is native to Europe, Northwest Africa, Yemen, Ethiopia, South Africa, Southwest Asia, and Siberia. It grows on sand dunes, shingle, coastal rocks or calcareous grassland, cliffs and rocky gullies at up to elevation at southern...

Alpine Meadow-rue Thalictrum alpinum
Thalictrum alpinum
Thalictrum alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name alpine meadow-rue. It is native to Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Eurasia, including Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland, and it occurs in cold, wet, boggy habitat in high...


Family Berberidaceae
Berberidaceae
Berberidaceae are a family of 15 genera flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 570 species, of which the majority are in Berberis...

English name Scientific name Status
Barberry Berberis vulgaris
Berberis vulgaris
Berberis vulgaris /// is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae, native to central and southern Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia; it is also naturalised in northern Europe, including the British Isles and Scandinavia, and North America.It is a deciduous shrub growing up to 4 m high...

Thunberg's Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Berberis thunbergii
Berberis thunbergii is a species of Berberis, native to Japan and eastern Asia....

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Great Barberry Berberis glaucocarpa *
Mrs Wilson's Barberry Berberis wilsoniae *
Clustered Barberry Berberis aggregata *
Gagnepain's Barberry Berberis gagnepainii *
Chinese Barberry Berberis julianae
Berberis julianae
Berberis julianae is a shrub of the Berberidaceae family. The species is native to Central China but has been grown elsewhere as ornamental plant....

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Box-leaved Barberry Berberis buxifolia
Berberis buxifolia
Berberis microphylla or Berberis buxifolia, common name the Magellan Barberry, in Spanish Calafate, is an evergreen shrub, with shiny box-like leaves. The Calafate is native to the south of Argentina and Chile and is a symbol of Patagonia.The bush grows to a height of . It has many arching...

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Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii
Berberis darwinii
Berberis darwinii is a species of barberry in the family Berberidaceae, native to southern South America in southern Chile and Argentina. Common names include Darwin's Barberry and Michay....

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Oregon-grape Mahonia aquifolium *

Family Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae, informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of 44 genera and approximately 770 species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperate and subtropical climates, but almost unknown in the tropics...

English name Scientific name Status
Oriental Poppy
Oriental poppy
Papaver orientale is a perennialflowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran, not the Orient as the name implies....

Papaver pseudoorientale *
Atlas Poppy Papaver atlanticum
Papaver atlanticum
Papaver rupifragum var. atlanticum [Moroccan/Spanish poppy,] also known as Papaver atlanticum [Atlas poppy], is a perennial plant that forms basal rosettes of bluish leaves, with pale orange flowers on long wiry stems....

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Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum *
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Long-headed Poppy Papaver dubium
Rough Poppy Papaver hybridum
Prickly Poppy Papaver argemone
Papaver argemone
Papaver argemone is a species of the genus Papaver. Its common names include long pricklyhead poppy and pale poppy. Its native range includes parts of Eurasia and North Africa, and it is cultivated as an ornamental plant...

Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica
Mexican Poppy Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana is a species of poppy found in Mexico and now widely naturalized in the United States, India and Ethiopia...

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Yellow Horned-poppy Glaucium flavum
Glaucium flavum
Glaucium flavum is a summer flowering plant in the Papaveraceae family, which is native to Northern Africa, Macaronesia, temperate zones in Western Asia and the Caucasus, as well as Europe. Habitat: the plant grows on the seashore and is never found inland...

Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Californian Poppy Eschscholzia californica *

Family Fumariaceae
Fumariaceae
Fumariaceae is a family of about 575 species of herbaceous plants in 20 genera, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South Africa.-Flower shape:Plants in the fumitory family are easily recognised by their peculiar flowers with two dissimilar pairs of...

English name Scientific name Status
Bleeding-heart Dicentra formosa
Dicentra formosa
Dicentra formosa is a herbaceous perennial growing from a rhizome, native to moist woodland from California to British Columbia.-Description:...

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Bird-in-a-bush Corydalis solida
Corydalis solida
Corydalis solida is a spring ephemeral plant valued for its purple, red, or white flowers, native or introduced to central and eastern Europe.Height is 10-20 cm . Root is a tuber.-External links:* at Virtuella floran...

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Hollowroot Corydalis cava *
Fern-leaved Corydalis Corydalis cheilanthifolia
Corydalis cheilanthifolia
Corydalis cheilanthifolia is a perennial growing from rhizomes, native to western and central China.-Description:Leaves are shaped like lipfern , for which the plant is named...

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Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea *
Pale Corydalis Pseudofumaria alba *
Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata
Ceratocapnos claviculata
Ceratocapnos claviculata or climbing corydalis is a weak scrambling plant in the Fumariaceae family. It is endemic to Europe, growing mostly near the Atlantic fringe.-Distribution:...

White Ramping-fumitory Fumaria capreolata
Western Ramping-fumitory Fumaria occidentalis
Tall Ramping-fumitory Fumaria bastardii
Fumaria bastardii
Fumaria bastardii, commonly, tall ramping fumitory or bastard's fumitory, is a many-branched herbaceous plant native the British Isles. There are few plants that are only endemic to Britain. One of the plants on this list is possibly Fumaria bastardii or as it was later named Painter’s Fumitory...

Martin's Ramping-fumitory Fumaria reuteri
Common Ramping-fumitory Fumaria muralis
Fumaria muralis
Fumaria muralis, commonly wall fumitory or common ramping fumitory, is a many branched, annual herbaceous plant, native to Europe.Approximately a dozen flowers appear in each inflorescence. The flowers are pink with a dark red tip....

Purple Ramping-fumitory Fumaria purpurea
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria officinalis is the most common species of the genus Fumaria in Western and Central Europe. It is closely related to the Papaveraceae Family.-Description:...

Dense-flowered Fumitory Fumaria densiflora
Fine-leaved Fumitory Fumaria parviflora
Fumaria parviflora
Fumaria parviflora is a species of flowering plant known by the common names fineleaf fumitory and Indian fumitory. It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is common and widely distributed in many other parts of the world. It is sometimes weedy. The small flowers are dull white with purple...

Few-flowered Fumitory Fumaria vaillantii

Family Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering plant that includes the elms , and the zelkovas . Members of the family are widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone, and have a scattered distribution elsewhere except for Australasia.The family was formerly sometimes treated to include the...

English name Scientific name Status
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
English Elm Ulmus procera
Small-leaved Elm Ulmus minor
Plot's Elm Ulmus plotii

Family Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae are a small family of flowering plants. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis , Humulus and Celtis...

English name Scientific name Status
Hemp Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous plant in the Cannabaceae family. Humans have cultivated this herb throughout recorded history as a source of industrial fibre, seed oil, food, recreation, spiritual enlightenment and medicine...

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Hop Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus is a species of Humulus in the Cannabaceae family.Common hop is a dioecious, perennial herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spring and dies back to the cold-hardy rhizome in autumn...


Family Moraceae
Moraceae
Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 40 genera and over 1000 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates...

English name Scientific name Status
Black Mulberry Morus nigra *
Fig Ficus carica *

Family Urticaceae
Urticaceae
Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...

English name Scientific name Status
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Urtica urens
Urtica urens, commonly known as Annual Nettle, Dwarf Nettle or Small Nettle, is a herbaceous annual plant species of the genus Urtica. It is native to Eurasia and it can be found in North America and New Zealand as an introduced species...

Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Parietaria judaica
Parietaria judaica, common name Spreading Pellitory or Pellitory of the wall, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Urticaceae, commonly nicknamed sticky-weed. The plant's pollen is highly allergenic. In Australia it is also known as asthma weed, due to the high incidence of...

Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii
Soleirolia soleirolii
Soleirolia soleirolii is a plant in the nettle family. It has a number of common names, including baby's tears, angel's tears, mind-your-own-business, peace-in-the-home, pollyanna vine, mother of thousands, and the Corsican curse...

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Family Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae
The Juglandaceae, also known as the Walnut Family, is a family of trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Various members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia....

English name Scientific name Status
Persian Walnut Juglans regia *
Caucasian Wingnut Pterocarya fraxinifolia *

Family Myricaceae
Myricaceae
The Myricaceae is a small family of dicotyledonous shrubs and small trees in the order Fagales. There are three genera in the family, although some botanists separate many species from Myrica into a fourth genus Morella...

English name Scientific name Status
Bog-myrtle Myrica gale
Myrica gale
Myrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Myrica, native to northern and western Europe and parts of northern North America. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1–2 m tall. Common names include Bog Myrtle and Sweet Gale...

Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica
Myrica pensylvanica
Myrica pensylvanica, the Northern Bayberry, is a species of Myrica native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Ohio, and south to North Carolina.Myrica pensylvanica is a deciduous shrub growing to 4.5 m tall...

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Family Fagaceae
Fagaceae
The family Fagaceae, or beech family, comprises about 900 species of both evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, which are characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of cup-like nuts. Fagaceous leaves are often...

English name Scientific name Status
European Beech Fagus sylvatica
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa *
Turkey Oak Quercus cerris *
Holm Oak Quercus ilex *
Algerian Oak Quercus canariensis *
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Red Oak Quercus rubra *
Roble Nothofagus obliqua
Nothofagus obliqua
Nothofagus obliqua, is a deciduous tree from Chile and Argentina. It grows from 33 to 43° South Latitude, in Chile and Argentina. The northern extent of this tree's range in Chile is considered to be the Vizcachas Mountains and La Campana National Park.-Description:N...

Rauli Nothofagus alpina
Nothofagus alpina
Nothofagus alpina also called Rauli Beech is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. Deciduous tree, it grows in Chile and Argentina , it reaches 50 m height and more than 2 meters in diameter. Its distribution goes from 35 to 42° South latitude. It is found on the Andes...


Family Betulaceae
Betulaceae
Betulaceae, or the Birch Family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams and hop-hornbeams, numbering about 130 species...

English name Scientific name Status
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Dwarf Birch Betula nana
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Grey Alder Alnus incana *
Italian Alder Alnus cordata *
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus
Hazel Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana, the Common Hazel, is a species of hazel native to Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Iberia, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, north to central Scandinavia, and east to the central Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, and northwestern Iran. It is an important component of...

Filbert Corylus maxima *

Family Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae
The Family Aizoaceae or Ficoidaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1900 species. They are commonly known as stone plants or carpet weeds. Species that resemble stones or pebbles are sometimes called mesembs...

English name Scientific name Status
Indian Pokeweed Phytolacca acinosa *
Heart-leaf Ice-plant Aptenia cordifolia
Aptenia cordifolia
Aptenia cordifolia is a species of succulent plant in the iceplant family known by the common names heartleaf iceplant and baby sun rose. Perhaps the most common plant seen under this name is actually Aptenia 'Red Apple, a hybrid with red flowers and bright green leaves, whose parents are A....

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Shrubby Dewplant Ruschia caroli *
Sickle-leaved Dewplant Lampranthus falciformis *
Rosy Dewplant Lampranthus roseus *
Deltoid-leaved Dewplant Oscularia deltoides
Oscularia deltoides
Oscularia deltoides is a species of flowering succulent plant in the Aizoaceae family that is indigenous to the south-western Cape, South Africa....

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Purple Dewplant Disphyma crassifolium *
Pale Dewplant Drosanthemum floribundum *
Lesser Sea-fig Erepsia heteropetala *
Sally-my-handsome Carpobrotus acinaciformis *
Hottentot-fig Carpobrotus edulis *
Angular Sea-fig Carpobrotus glaucescens
Carpobrotus glaucescens
Pigface, or Carpobrotus glaucescens, is a succulent coastal groundcover native to temperate eastern Australia.Succulent leaves are 3.5–10 cm long and 9–15 mm wide, straight or slightly curved. Flowers are 3.2-6 cm wide, and light purple. The fruit is 2–3 cm long, 1.6–2.4 cm wide, red to...

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Family Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae were a family of flowering plants, also called the Goosefoot Family. They are now included within family Amaranthaceae. The vast majority of Chenopods are weeds, and many are salt and drought tolerant. A few food crops also belong to the family: spinach, beets, chard, quinoa, and...

English name Scientific name Status
Mexican-tea Chenopodium ambrosioides *
Clammy Goosefoot Chenopodium pumilio
Chenopodium pumilio
Chenopodium pumilio is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name clammy goosefoot.It is native to Australia, but it can be found in other parts of the world as an introduced species, often growing in disturbed and waste areas such as roadsides and lots...

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Strawberry-blite Chenopodium capitatum
Chenopodium capitatum
Strawberry Blite is an edible annual plant, also known as Blite Goosefoot, Strawberry Goosefoot, Strawberry Spinach, Indian Paint, and Indian Ink....

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Good-King-Henry Chenopodium bonus-henricus *
Oak-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium glaucum *
Red Goosefoot Chenopodium rubrum
Chenopodium rubrum
Chenopodium rubrum is a member of the genus Chenopodium, the goosefoots. It is native to North America and Eurasia.-External links:***...

Saltmarsh Goosefoot Chenopodium chenopodioides
Chenopodium chenopodioides
Chenopodium chenopodioides is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name low goosefoot.It is native to South America , but it is known in widespread parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America as an introduced species.It grows in wet non-saline and saline...

Many-seeded Goosefoot Chenopodium polyspermum
Stinking Goosefoot Chenopodium vulvaria
Chenopodium vulvaria
Stinking Goosefoot , or Notchweed, is a foul-smelling plant or weed. The plant is a member of the genus Chenopodium, the goosefoots.-Etymology:...

Maple-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium hybridum
Upright Goosefoot Chenopodium urbicum
Nettle-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium murale
Chenopodium murale
Chenopodium murale is a species of plant in the amaranth family known by the common names Nettle-leaved Goosefoot, Australian-spinach, salt-green, sowbane, Mauer-Gänsefuß , quenopódio...

Fig-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium ficifolium
Grey Goosefoot Chenopodium opulifolium *
Fat-hen Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album is a fast-growing weedy annual plant in the genus Chenopodium.Though cultivated in some regions, the plant is elsewhere considered a weed...

Summer-cypress Bassia scoparia *
Garden orache Atriplex hortensis
Atriplex hortensis
Atriplex hortensis, also known as Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach, or simply "orache" or arrach, is a hardy, annual plant, with an erect, branching stem, varying in height from two to six feet, according to the variety and soil...

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Spear-leaved Orache Atriplex prostrata
Babington's Orache Atriplex glabriuscula
Long-stalked Orache Atriplex longipes
Early Orache Atriplex praecox
Grass-leaved Orache Atriplex littoralis
Common Orache Atriplex patula
Atriplex patula
Atriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions....

Frosted Orache Atriplex laciniata
Shrubby Orache Atriplex halimus
Atriplex halimus
Atriplex halimus is a species of fodder shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to Europe and Northern Africa, including the Sahara in Morocco....

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Sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides
Pedunculate Sea-purslane Atriplex pedunculata
Beet Beta vulgaris
Caucasian Beet Beta trigyna *
Perennial Glasswort Sarcocornia perennis
One-flowered Glasswort Salicornia pusilla
Purple Glasswort Salicornia ramosissima
Common Glasswort Salicornia europaea
Glaucous Glasswort Salicornia obscura
Shiny Glasswort Salicornia nitens
Yellow Glasswort Salicornia fragilis
Long-spiked Glasswort Salicornia dolichostachya
Shrubby Sea-blite Suaeda vera
Annual Sea-blite Suaeda maritima
Prickly Saltwort Salsola kali
Salsola kali
Kali soda is an annual plant that grows in arid soils and in sandy coastal soils. Its original range is Eurasian, but it has become naturalized, and even invasive, in North America, Australia, and elsewhere...


Family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....

English name Scientific name Status
Common Amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus
Amaranthus retroflexus
Amaranthus retroflexus is a species of flowering plant in the Amaranthaceae family with several common names, including Red-root Amaranth, Redroot Pigweed, Red Rooted Pigweed, Common Amaranth, and common tumble weed....

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Green Amaranth Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus hybridus, commonly called Smooth Amaranth, Smooth Pigweed, Red Amaranth, or Slim Amaranth, is a species of annual flowering plant. It is a weedy species found now over much of North America and introduced into Europe and Eurasia.-Description:A. hybridus grows from a short taproot and can...

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Purple Amaranth Amaranthus cruentus
Amaranthus cruentus
Amaranthus cruentus is a common flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain. It is one of three Amaranthus species cultivated as a grain source, the other two being Amaranthus hypochondriacus and Amaranthus caudatus...

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Indehiscent Amaranth Amaranthus bouchonii *
Perennial Pigweed Amaranthus deflexus
Amaranthus deflexus
Amaranthus deflexus is also known by the common names large-fruit amaranth, low amaranth, and Argentina amaranth, since it is native to South America. It is a short-lived perennial or annual plant. The plant can grow up to 1.5 ft in height.It flowers in the summer to fall, and was introduced...

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White Pigweed Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus albus is an annual species of flowering plant. It is native to the tropical Americas but a widespread introduced species in other places, including Europe, Africa, and Australia...

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Family Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family; it has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity...

English name Scientific name Status
Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea *
Springbeauty Claytonia perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata is a fleshy annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America from southernmost Alaska and central British Columbia south to Central America, but most common in California in the Sacramento and northern San...

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Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica
Claytonia sibirica
Claytonia sibirica is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Siberia and western North America. A synonym is Montia sibirica...

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Blinks Montia fontana
Montia fontana
Montia fontana, commonly known as blinks or water-blinks, water chickweed or annual water miner's lettuce, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Montia. It is a common plant that can be found in wet environments across the globe, from the tropics to the Arctic. It is quite variable in...

Small-leaved Blinks Montia parvifolia
Montia parvifolia
Montia parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name littleleaf miner's lettuce. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Montana, where it grows in moist to wet areas in several typs of mountain habitat.-Description:Montia...

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Family Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae
The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae and Polygonaceae...

English name Scientific name Status
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia
Arenaria serpyllifolia
Arenaria serpyllifolia or Thyme-leaved Sandwort is a plant in the family Caryophyllaceae....

Arctic Sandwort Arenaria norvegica
Arenaria norvegica
Arenaria norvegica, also known as Arctic, English or Norwegian sandwort, is a low growing plant in the pink family, Caryophyllaceae, found in northwest Europe. The chromosome number is 2n=80. There are two recognised subspecies....

Fringed Sandwort Arenaria ciliata
Arenaria ciliata
Arenaria ciliata is a perennial herb of the family Caryophyllaceae. A. ciliata is a calcicole occurring in open grassland and on bare rock in mountainous areas.-Distribution:...

Mossy Sandwort Arenaria balearica *
Mountain sandwort Arenaria montana
Arenaria montana
Arenaria montana is native to mountainous regions of southwestern Europe, from the Pyrenees of France and Spain to Portugal.-Description:...

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Three-nerved Sandwort Moehringia trinervia
Moehringia trinervia
Moehringia trinervia, commonly known as Three-nerved Sandwort, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Caryophyllaceae....

Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides
Honckenya peploides
Honckenya peploides or Sea sandwort or Seaside Sandplant is the only species in the genus Honckenya of the flowering plant family Caryophyllaceae. It is often spelled "Honkenya". It has a circumboreal distribution....

Recurved Sandwort Minuartia recurva
Spring Sandwort Minuartia verna
Mountain sandwort Minuartia rubella
Minuartia rubella
Minuartia rubella is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by several common names, including beautiful sandwort, Arctic sandwort, and boreal stitchwort...

Teesdale Sandwort Minuartia stricta
Minuartia stricta
Minuartia stricta is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names bog stitchwort and rock sandwort. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout much of the northernmost Northern Hemisphere from the lower Arctic into the alpine climates of mountainous areas...

Fine-leaved Sandwort Minuartia hybrida
Cyphel Minuartia sedoides
Wood Stitchwort Stellaria nemorum
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Lesser Chickweed Stellaria pallida
Stellaria pallida
Stellaria pallida, commonly known as lesser chickweed, is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe and is an introduced species in North America.-Taxonomy:...

Greater Chickweed Stellaria neglecta
Stellaria neglecta
Stellaria neglecta, greater chickweed, is an annual or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe and has been introduced to North America.-Taxonomy:...

Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Stellaria holostea
Stellaria holostea is an ornamental plant native of Europe.It can grow up to 50cm in height, with leaves that are long, narrow and fresh green. The flowers are white, 20-30mm across and have five distinctive petals split to about half way down.-External links:**...

Marsh Stitchwort Stellaria palustris
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Stellaria graminea
Stellaria graminea is a species of flowering plant in the Caryophyllaceae known by the common names grassleaf starwort and common stitchwort. It is native to Eurasia but it is widespread around other parts of the temperate world as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of...

Bog Stitchwort Stellaria uliginosa
Jagged Chickweed Holosteum umbellatum
Holosteum umbellatum
Holosteum umbellatum is a species of flowering plant in the Caryophyllaceae family. It is native to Europe but has also been introduced to North America.-External links:*...

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Starwort Mouse-ear Cerastium cerastoides
Field Mouse-ear Cerastium arvense
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium arvense is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name field chickweed. It is a widespread species, occurring throughout Europe and North America, as well as parts of South America. It is a variable species. There are several subspecies, but the number and...

Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum
Cerastium tomentosum
Cerastium tomentosum is a herbaceous flowering plant & a member of the carnation family. It is generally distinguished from other species of its genus by "tomentose" or felty foliage. It is a low, spreading perrenial native to alpine regions of Europe. The stems & leaves are silvery-grey, whilst...

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Alpine Mouse-ear Cerastium alpinum
Cerastium alpinum
Cerastium alpinum, commonly called Alpine mouse-ear chickweed or Alpine chickweed is a species of mat forming perennial plant. It is native from Greenland, Canada and northern Europe It is grown as a rock garden subject for its many small white flowers and silver haired stems and foliage. There...

Arctic Mouse-ear Cerastium arcticum
Cerastium arcticum
Cerastium arcticum is a flower distributed at parts of western and southern Greenland, Baffin Island, Labrador, Iceland, Scotland, Norway and Svalbard....

Shetland Mouse-ear Cerastium nigrescens
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum, also called Common mouse-ear, is a species of mat forming perennial, or rarely, annual plant. It is native to Europe but introduced elsewhere....

Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Cerastium glomeratum
Cerastium glomeratum is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names sticky mouse-ear chickweed and clammy chickweed. It is probably native to Eurasia but it is known on most continents as an introduced species. It grows in many types of habitat. This is an annual herb...

Grey Mouse-ear Cerastium brachypetalum
Cerastium brachypetalum
Cerastium brachypetalum, commonly called Gray chickweed or Gray mouse-ear chickweed, is a spring blooming annual plant species. It is native from Eurasia and introduced and naturalized in North America....

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Sea Mouse-ear Cerastium diffusum
Dwarf Mouse-ear Cerastium pumilum
Little Mouse-ear Cerastium semidecandrum
Water Chickweed Myosoton aquaticum
Upright Chickweed Moenchia erecta
Knotted Pearlwort Sagina nodosa
Sagina nodosa
Sagina nodosa is a species in the genus Sagina, native to northern Europe. It is a low-growing plant up to 15 cm tall, with paired leaves up to 1 cm long. The flowers are 5–10 mm diameter, with five white petals....

Snow Pearlwort Sagina nivalis
Heath Pearlwort Sagina subulata
Sagina subulata
Sagina subulata is a species of Sagina, native to Europe, from Iceland south to Spain, and east to southern Sweden and Romania...

Alpine Pearlwort Sagina saginoides
Sagina saginoides
Sagina saginoides is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name arctic pearlwort. It has a Circumboreal distribution; it can be found throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates and other mountainous habitat...

Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens
Sagina procumbens
Sagina procumbens is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name birdeye pearlwort. It can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere and parts of South America. It is a common weed of many environments. It can be found in wild and disturbed habitat, especially moist...

Boyd's Pearlwort Sagina boydii e
Annual Pearlwort Sagina apetala
Sagina apetala
Sagina apetala is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names annual pearlwort and dwarf pearlwort. It is native to Europe and it is known elsewhere as an introduced species, including parts of North America. It grows in many types of disturbed habitat, such as cracks...

Sea Pearlwort Sagina maritima
Perennial Knawel Scleranthus perennis
Scleranthus perennis
Perennial knawel is a perennial herbaceous plant of the carnation family. It grows on sandy, dry, acidic soils. It can grow up to 15 cm high and has white flowers of 2–5 mm. The plant used to be economically significant as the major host plant of the Polish cochineal....

Annual Knawel Scleranthus annuus
Scleranthus annuus
Scleranthus annuus is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names German knotweed and annual knawel. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and it is known throughout the rest of the temperate world as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many...

Strapwort Corrigiola litoralis
Smooth Rupturewort Herniaria glabra
Fringed Rupturewort Herniaria ciliolata
Hairy Rupturewort Herniaria hirsuta
Herniaria hirsuta
Herniaria hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name hairy rupturewort. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and it is known on other continents, including North America, as an introduced species. This is an annual herb with stems up to 20 centimeters...

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Coral-necklace Illecebrum verticillatum
Four-leaved Allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Polycarpon tetraphyllum, commonly known as Four-leaved Allseed , is a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae . An annual herb growing to 15 cm in height, it is found on sandy soils, in coastal areas and on wasteland. Native to Europe, it is also naturalised in parts of North America, Australia and...

Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis *
Pearlwort Spurrey Spergula morisonii *
Rock Sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola
Greater Sea-spurrey Spergularia media
Spergularia media
Spergularia media is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name greater sea-spurry. It is native to Eurasia and the Mediterranean, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas, including places with saline substrates, such as salt marshes and...

Lesser Sea-spurrey Spergularia marina
Sand Spurrey Spergularia rubra
Spergularia rubra
Spergularia rubra, the red sand spurrey or red sandspurry, is a plant species in the pink family. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it is present on other continents, including North and South America and Australia, as an introduced species and in many areas a common weed. It grows in a wide...

Greek Sea-spurrey Spergularia bocconei
Rose Campion Lychnis coronaria
Lychnis coronaria
Silene coronaria is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that is native to Asia and Europe. Common names include Dusty Miller , Mullein-pink, Rose Campion, and Bloody William. It is cultivated as an ornamental.-References:* Armitage, Allan M...

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Ragged-robin Lychnis flos-cuculi
Sticky Catchfly Lychnis viscaria
Alpine Catchfly Lychnis alpina
Corncockle Agrostemma githago *
Italian Catchfly Silene italica *
Nottingham Catchfly Silene nutans
Spanish Catchfly Silene otites
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Silene vulgaris
Silene vulgaris, Silene cucubalus or Bladder Campion is a plant species of the genus Silene of the Pink Family . It is native to Europe, where in some parts it is eaten, but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed..-Gastronomy:In Spain, the young shoots and the leaves are used...

Sea Campion Silene uniflora
Moss Campion Silene acaulis
Sweet-William Catchfly Silene armeria *
Night-flowering Catchfly Silene noctiflora
Silene noctiflora
Silene noctiflora is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name night-flowering catchfly. It is native to Eurasia, but it is known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. In North America, it is a common weed of grain crops in the Canadian...

White Campion Silene latifolia
Red Campion Silene dioica
Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica
Silene gallica
Silene gallica is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by several common names, including common catchfly, small-flowered catchfly, and windmill pink. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, but it can be found throughout much of the temperate world as a common roadside weed...

Sand Catchfly Silene conica
Berry Catchfly Cucubalus baccifer *
Soapwort Saponaria officinalis
Rock Soapwort Saponaria ocymoides
Saponaria ocymoides
Saponaria ocymoides common names Rock Soapwort or Tumbling Ted, is a herbaceous semi-evergreen perennial plant of the genus Saponaria belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.-Description:...

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Cowherb Vaccaria hispanica
Vaccaria hispanica
Vaccaria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the pink family containing the single species Vaccaria hispanica. It is known by several common names including cowherb, cowcockle, and cow soapwort. Its subspecies were previously treated as separate species. It is used medicinally in Chinese...

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Childing Pink Petrorhagia nanteuilii
Proliferous Pink Petrorhagia prolifera
Tunicflower Petrorhagia saxifraga *
Cheddar Pink Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Clove Pink Dianthus caryophyllus *
Pink Dianthus plumarius *
Jersey Pink Dianthus gallicus *
Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus *
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria

Family Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants known informally as the "knotweed family" or "smartweed family"— "buckwheat family" in the United States. The name is based on the genus Polygonum and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum. The name refers...

English name Scientific name Status
Alpine Knotweed Persicaria alpina *
Lesser Knotweed Persicaria campanulata *
Himalayan Knotweed Persicaria wallichii *
Chinese knotweed Persicaria weyrichii *
Soft Knotweed Persicaria mollis *
Common Bistort Persicaria bistorta
Persicaria bistorta
Persicaria bistorta is a herbaceous flowering plant found throughout Europe. The generic placement of this species is in flux. While treated here as in Persicaria, it has also been placed in Polygonum or Bistorta.The Latin name "bistorta" refers to the twisted appearance of the root...

Red Bistort Persicaria amplexicaulis *
Alpine Bistort Persicaria vivipara
Amphibious Bistort Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria amphibia is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by several common names, including water knotweed, water smartweed, and amphibious bistort. It is native to much of North America and Eurasia, but it is known on most continents as an introduced species and sometimes...

Nepal Persicaria Persicaria nepalensis *
Redshank Persicaria maculosa *
Pale Persicaria Persicaria lapathifolia
Pinkweed Persicaria pensylvanica *
Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper
Tasteless Water-pepper Persicaria mitis
Small Water-pepper Persicaria minor
American Tear-thumb Persicaria sagittata *
Iceland-purslane Koenigia islandica
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum *
Tall Buckwheat Fagopyrum dibotrys *
Sea Knotgrass Polygonum maritimum
Ray's Knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum
Equal-leaved Knotgrass Polygonum arenastrum
Polygonum arenastrum
Polygonum arenastrum is a summer annual weed that is native to Europe and can be found on most continents as an introduced species and a common noxious weed...

Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare or Common Knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. It is an annual found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October....

Northern Knotgrass Polygonum boreale
Cornfield Knotgrass Polygonum rurivagum
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica *
Giant Knotweed Fallopia sachalinensis
Fallopia sachalinensis
Fallopia sachalinensis Fallopia sachalinensis Fallopia sachalinensis (Giant Knotweed or Sakhalin Knotweed Japanese オオイタドリ ooitadori, Russian Горец сахалинский, Гречиха сахалинская; syn...

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Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica
Fallopia baldschuanica
Fallopia baldschuanica is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by several common names, including Russian vine, Bukhara fleeceflower, Chinese fleecevine, mile-a-minute and silver lace vine...

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Black-bindweed Fallopia convolvulus
Copse-bindweed Fallopia dumetorum
Wireplant Muehlenbeckia complexa
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Muehlenbeckia complexa, commonly known as maidenhair vine, creeping wire vine, lacy wire vine, angel vine, mattress vine, mattress wire weed, necklace vine, and wire vine, is an ornamental plant in the Polygonaceae family, which is native to New Zealand. It is quite vigorous and probably the best...

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Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella
Rumex acetosella
Rumex acetosella is a species of sorrel, also known as Acetosella vulgaris Fourr, bearing the common names sheep's sorrel, red sorrel, sour weed, and field sorrel. The plant and its subspecies are common perennial weeds. It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and...

French Sorrel Rumex scutatus
Rumex scutatus
French Sorrel is a plant in the buckwheat family, used as a culinary herb. Its common names include buckler sorrel, shield-leaf sorrel, and sometimes the culinary name "green-sauce"....

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Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Willow-leaved Dock Rumex salicifolius
Rumex salicifolius
Rumex salicifolius is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common name willow dock. It is native to much of western North America and it can be found in parts of Europe as an introduced species and a roadside weed...

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Argentine Dock Rumex frutescens *
Monk's-rhubarb Rumex pseudoalpinus *
Scottish Dock Rumex aquaticus
Northern Dock Rumex longifolius
Rumex longifolius
Rumex longifolius, commonly known as Dooryard Dock or Northern Dock is a plant species of the genus Rumex.A variety has been described:* Rumex longifolius var. nanus...

Russian Dock Rumex confertus *
Water Dock Rumex hydrolapathum
Rumex hydrolapathum
Rumex hydrolapathum Huds. is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia...

Greek Dock Rumex cristatus *
Patience Dock Rumex patientia
Rumex patientia
Patience Dock , also known as "garden patience", "herb patience", or "monk's rhubarb", is a herbaceous perennial plant species of the genus Rumex, belonging to the family Polygonaceae. In spring it is often consumed as a leaf vegetable in Eastern Europe, especially in Bulgaria and Serbia...

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Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Clustered Dock Rumex conglomeratus
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus
Shore Dock Rumex rupestris
Hooked Dock Rumex brownii
Rumex brownii
Rumex brownii is a leafy perennial herb native to Australia, and is widespread and grows in disturbed sites.It is 50–80 cm high with variably shaped basal leaves, oblong or lanceolate, to 12 cm long, and to 4 cm wide with cordate to truncate base. The petiole is about half as long as the lamina...

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Fiddle Dock Rumex pulcher
Rumex pulcher
Rumex pulcher is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common name fiddle dock. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa and it can be found elsewhere, including parts of North America, as an introduced species and a roadside weed. Europe...

Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as Broad-leaved Dock, Bitter Dock, Bluntleaf Dock, Dock Leaf or Butter Dock, is a perennial weed, native to Europe but can now be found in the United States and many other countries around the world....

Marsh Dock Rumex palustris
Rumex palustris
Rumex palustris or Marsh Dock is a plant species of the genus Rumex.The species was mentioned by Leonard Plukenet, based on a collection made by Isaac Rand. The authority of the accepted description, Rumex palustris, was James Edward Smith...

Golden Dock Rumex maritimus
Rumex maritimus
Rumex maritimus is an annual plant species of the genus Rumex.-External links:****...

Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna
Oxyria digyna
Oxyria digyna a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family. It is common in the tundra of Arctic...


Family Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family....

English name Scientific name Status
Common Sea-lavender Limonium vulgare
Lax-flowered Sea-lavender Limonium humile
Matted Sea-lavender Limonium bellidifolium
Broad-leaved Sea-lavender Limonium auriculae-ursifolium
Alderney Sea-lavender Limonium normannicum
Rottingdean Sea-lavender Limonium hyblaeum *
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium binervosum
Limonium binervosum
Limonium binervosum, commonly known as the Rock Sea Lavender, is an aggregate species in the family Plumbaginaceae.Despite the common name, Rock Sea Lavender is not related to the lavenders or to rosemary but is a perennial herb with small violet-blue flowers with five petals in clusters..Eight...

a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium paradoxum
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium procerum
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium britannicum
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium parvum
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium loganicum
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium transwallianum
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium dodartiforme
a Rock Sea-lavender Limonium recurvum
Thrift Armeria maritima
Armeria maritima
Armeria maritima is the botanical name for a species of flowering plant.It is a popular garden flower, known by several common names, including thrift, sea thrift, and sea pink. The plant has been distributed worldwide as a garden and cut flower...

Jersey Thrift Armeria arenaria

Family Paeoniaceae

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Peony Paeonia mascula
Paeonia mascula
The Wild Peony also known as the Male or Balkan Peony and sometimes referred to by the synonym Paeonia corallina is a species of peony. A herbaceous perennial plant 0.5–1.5 metres tall, the Wild Peony has leaves which are divided into three segments and large red flowers in late spring and early...

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Family Elatinaceae
Elatinaceae
Elatinaceae is a family of flowering plants with 35-50 species in 2 genera: Elatine and Bergia. The Elatine are mostly aquatic herbs, and the Bergia are subshrubs to shrubs. Elatine species are widely distributed throughout the world from temperate to tropical zones, with its greatest diversity...

English name Scientific name Status
Six-stamened Waterwort Elatine hexandra
Eight-stamened Waterwort Elatine hydropiper

Family Clusiaceae
Clusiaceae
The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. is a family of plants formerly including about 37 genera and 1610 species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. It is primarily tropical...

English name Scientific name Status
Rose-of-Sharon Hypericum calycinum
Hypericum calycinum
Hypericum calycinum is a prostrate or low-growing shrub species of the genus Hypericum . Widely cultivated for its large yellow flowers, its names as a garden plant include Rose of Sharon in Britain and Australia, and Aaron's beard, Great St-John's wort, and Jerusalem star.Grown in Mediterranean...

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Irish Tutsan Hypericum pseudohenryi *
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Hypericum androsaemum
Hypericum androsaemum, commonly known as tutsan, is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides in Eurasia. It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height.-Common name:...

Stinking Tutsan Hypericum hircinum *
Turkish Tutsan Hypericum xylosteifolium *
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum
Imperforate St John's-wort Hypericum maculatum
Hypericum maculatum
Hypericum maculatum Crantz is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Hypericum, native to Europe and Western Asia and occurring in meadows....

Wavy St John's-wort Hypericum undulatum
Square-stalked St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum
Hypericum tetrapterum
Hypericum tetrapterum is a species in the genus Hypericum, in the family Hypericaceae. Its common names include St. Peter's Wort, Peterwort, Square Stemmed St. John's Wort, and Square Stalked St. John's Wort....

Trailing St John's-wort Hypericum humifusum
Hypericum humifusum
Hypericum humifusum is a prostrate flowering plant in the genus Hypericum commonly known as trailing St John's wort. It is found in Western Europe.-Description:...

Toadflax-leaved St John's-wort Hypericum linariifolium
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Hypericum pulchrum
Hypericum pulchrum is a flowering plant in the genus Hypericum, commonly known as slender St John's wort. It is native to Western Europe.-Description:...

Round-leaved St John's-wort Hypericum nummularium *
Hairy St John's-wort Hypericum hirsutum
Hypericum hirsutum
Hypericum hirsutum is a flowering plant in the genus Hypericum commonly known as hairy St John's wort. It is found in Western Europe.-Description:...

Pale St John's-wort Hypericum montanum
Hypericum montanum
Hypericum montanum is a plant species in the genus Hypericum....

Marsh St John's-wort Hypericum elodes
Hypericum elodes
Hypericum elodes is a flowering plant in the genus Hypericum, commonly known as marsh St John's wort. It is native to Western Europe.-Description:...

Irish St John's-wort Hypericum canadense *

Family Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...

English name Scientific name Status
Large-leaved Lime Tilia platyphyllos
Tilia platyphyllos
Tilia platyphyllos is a deciduous tree native to much of Europe, including locally in southwestern Great Britain, growing on lime-rich soils. The common name Large-leaved Linden is in standard use throughout the English-speaking world except in Britain, where it has largely been replaced by the...

Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata
Tilia cordata
Tilia cordata is a species of Tilia native to much of Europe and western Asia, north to southern Great Britain , central Scandinavia, east to central Russia, and south to central Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, and the Caucasus; in the south of its range it is restricted to...

Musk-mallow Malva moschata
Malva moschata
Malva moschata is a species of Malva native to Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to the British Isles and Poland, and east to southern Russia and Turkey....

Greater Musk-mallow Malva alcea
Malva alcea
Malva alcea is a plant in the mallow family native to southwestern, central and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to southern Sweden and east to Russia and Turkey.-Description:It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50–125 cm tall, with stems covered...

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Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Malva sylvestris
Malva sylvestris is a species of the Mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus...

French Mallow Malva nicaeensis
Malva nicaeensis
Malva nicaeensis is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name bull mallow. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. It is an annual or biennial herb producing a hairy, upright stem...

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Least Mallow Malva parviflora
Malva parviflora
Malva parviflora is an annual or perennial herb that is native to Northern Africa, Europe and Asia and is widely naturalised elsewhere. Common names include cheeseweed, cheeseweed mallow, Egyptian mallow, least mallow, little mallow, mallow, marshmallow, small-flowered mallow, small-flowered...

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Small Mallow Malva pusilla *
Dwarf Mallow Malva neglecta
Malva neglecta
Malva neglecta is also known as Common mallow in the United States and also buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow and roundleaf mallow.Although often considered a weed, this plant is reportedly consumed as a food...

Chinese Mallow Malva verticillata
Malva verticillata
Malva verticillata, also known as the Chinese Mallow is a species of the Mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae found in East Asia. M. verticillata is an annual or biennial that grow up to 1.7 meters in high and can inhabit woodland areas of different soil types. In temperate climates, it...

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Tree-mallow Lavatera arborea
Lavatera arborea
Lavatera arborea , the Tree Mallow, is a species of mallow native to the coasts of western Europe and the Mediterranean region, from the British Isles south to Algeria and Libya, and east to Greece.- Description :It is a shrubby annual, biennial or perennial plant growing to 0.5–2 m tall...

Smaller Tree-mallow Lavatera cretica
Lavatera cretica
Lavatera cretica is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Cornish mallow and Cretan hollyhock. It is native to western Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Basin, and it is naturalized in areas with a Mediterranean climate, such as parts of Australia...

Garden Tree-mallow Lavatera thuringiaca
Lavatera thuringiaca
Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from southern Germany south to Italy, and east to southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey....

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Marsh-mallow Althaea officinalis
Althaea officinalis
Althaea officinalis is a species indigenous to Africa, which is used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant...

Rough Marsh-mallow Althaea hirsuta *
Hollyhock Alcea rosea
Alcea rosea
Alcea rosea is an ornamental plant in the Malvaceae family....

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Greek Mallow Sidalcea malviflora
Sidalcea malviflora
Sidalcea malviflora is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name dwarf checkerbloom, or dwarf checkermallow.-Description:Sidalcea malviflora is somewhat variable in appearance and there are many subspecies...

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Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti
Abutilon theophrasti
Abutilon theophrasti is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia. It grows to 1 m tall, and has velvet-like heart-shaped leaves 15–25 cm broad...

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Family Sarraceniaceae
Sarraceniaceae
Sarraceniaceae is a family of pitcher plants , belonging to order Ericales .The family comprises three extant genera: Sarracenia , Darlingtonia , and Heliamphora . The extinct Archaeamphora longicervia may also belong to this family...

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Purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea
Sarracenia purpurea
Sarracenia purpurea, commonly known as the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae...

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Family Droseraceae
Droseraceae
Droseraceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. The family is also known under its common name, the sundew family.It consists of carnivorous plants: besides the sundews, the genus Drosera, it also contains the even more-famous Venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula...

English name Scientific name Status
Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Drosera rotundifolia
Drosera rotundifolia is a species of sundew, a carnivorous plant often found in bogs, marshes and fens...

Great sundew Drosera anglica
Drosera anglica
Drosera anglica, commonly known as the English sundew or Great sundew, is a carnivorous plant species belonging to the sundew genus. It is a temperate species with a generally circumboreal range, although it does occur as far south as Japan, southern Europe, and the island of Kauai in Hawaii, where...

Oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia
Drosera intermedia
Drosera intermedia, commonly known as the oblong-leaved sundew or spoonleaf sundew, is an insectivorous plant species belonging to the sundew genus. It is a temperate or tropical species native to Europe, southeastern Canada, the eastern half of the United States, Cuba and northern South America.-...


Family Cistaceae
Cistaceae
The Cistaceae is a small family of plants known for its beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom...

English name Scientific name Status
Spotted Rock-rose Tuberaria guttata
Tuberaria guttata
Tuberaria guttata, the spotted rockrose, is a common plant of the Mediterranean region which also occurs very locally in Wales and Ireland. The flowers are very variable with the characteristic spot at the base of the petal very variable in size and intensity of colour.The plant typically grows in...

Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium
Helianthemum nummularium
Helianthemum nummularium is a species of rockrose , native to most of Europe.-Description:It is an evergreen trailing plant with loose terminal clusters of bright yellow, saucer-shaped flowers...

White Rock-rose Helianthemum apenninum
Helianthemum apenninum
Helianthemum apenninum, the white rock-rose, is a white-flowering rock rose found in dry grassy and rocky places across large parts of Europe....

Hoary Rock-rose Helianthemum oelandicum
Helianthemum oelandicum
Helianthemum oelandicum is a flowering plant of the genus Helianthemum in the family Cistaceae.It is the province flower of Öland....


Family Violaceae
Violaceae
Violaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales...

English name Scientific name Status
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Hairy Violet Viola hirta
Viola hirta
Viola hirta is a species of the plant genus Viola. It is also called Hairy violet. As with the Sweet Violet no fossil seeds of this species have been found. It is confined to the cold Temperate Zone, in Europe, N. and W. Asia, extending as far as N.-W. India...

Teesdale Violet Viola rupestris
Common Dog-violet Viola riviniana
Viola riviniana
Viola riviniana, the Common Dog-violet, is a species of the genus Viola. It is also called wood violet or dog violet. It is a perennial herb of woodland rides, grassland and shady hedge banks...

Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana
Viola reichenbachiana
Viola reichenbachiana, the Early Dog-violet, is a violet.This species hybridises with Common Dog-violet to produce Viola × bavarica.-References:...

Heath Dog-violet Viola canina
Viola canina
Viola canina is a species of the genus Viola, native to Europe, where it is found in the uplands of box hill in Dorset, heaths, fens, and moist woodlands, especially on acidic soils....

Pale Dog-violet Viola lactea
Fen violet Viola persicifolia
Marsh Violet Viola palustris
Viola palustris
Viola palustris is a perennial forb of the genus Viola. It inhabits moist meadows, marshes, and streambanks in northern parts of North America and Eurasia....

Horned Pansy Viola cornuta *
Mountain Pansy Viola lutea
Viola lutea
Viola lutea , also known as Mountain Pansy, is a species in the genus Viola. It is native to Europe....

Wild Pansy Viola tricolor
Field Pansy Viola arvensis
Viola arvensis
Viola arvensis is a species of violet known by the common name field pansy. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and a weed of disturbed and cultivated areas....

Dwarf Pansy Viola kitaibeliana

Family Tamaricaceae
Tamaricaceae
Tamaricaceae is a flowering plant family containing four genera. In the 1980s, the family was classified in the Violales under the Cronquist system; more modern classifications place them in the Caryophyllales.The family is native to drier areas of Europe, Asia and Africa...

English name Scientific name Status
Tamarisk Tamarix gallica
Tamarix gallica
Tamarix gallica, the French Tamarisk, is a deciduous, herbaceous, twiggy shrub or small tree reaching up to about 5 meters high. It is indigenous to Saudi Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, and very common around the Mediterranean region. It is present in many other areas as an invasive introduced...

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Family Frankeniaceae
Frankeniaceae
Frankeniaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been widely recognized by many taxonomists; it has commonly been assumed to be closely related to family Tamaricaceae....

English name Scientific name Status
Sea-heath Frankenia laevis

Family Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae
The plant family Cucurbitaceae consists of various squashes, melons, and gourds, including crops such as cucumber, pumpkins, luffas, and watermelons...

English name Scientific name Status
White Bryony Bryonia dioica
Bryonia dioica
Bryonia dioica, known by the common names red bryony and white bryony, is a perennial climbing vine indigenous to Central and Southern Europe. It is a flowering plant of the genus Bryonia with five-pointed leaves and blue or white flowers. The vine produces a red berry fruit.-Medicinal use:A...

Squirting Cucumber Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber, is a plant in the cucumber family. It gets its unusual name from the fact that, when ripe, it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds, which can be seen with the naked eye...

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Family Salicaceae
Salicaceae
Salicaceae are a family of flowering plants. Recent genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 55 genera....

English name Scientific name Status
White Poplar Populus alba *
Aspen Populus tremula
Populus tremula
Populus tremula, commonly called aspen, common aspen, Eurasian aspen, European aspen, trembling poplar, or quaking aspen, is a species of poplar native to cool temperate regions of Europe and Asia, from the British Isles east to Kamchatka, north to inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia and...

Black Poplar Populus nigra
Western Balsam Poplar Populus trichocarpa
Populus trichocarpa
Populus trichocarpa is a deciduous broadleaf tree species native to western North America. It is used for timber, and is notable as a model organism in plant biology. Its full genome sequence was published in 2006...

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Bay Willow Salix pentandra
Crack Willow Salix fragilis
White Willow Salix alba
Almond Willow Salix triandra
Salix triandra
Salix triandra is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia, from southeastern England east to Lake Baikal, and south to Spain and the Caucasus and Alborz mountains...

Purple Willow Salix purpurea
European Violet Willow Salix daphnoides *
Siberian Violet Willow Salix acutifolia
Salix acutifolia
Salix acutifolia, also known as long-leaved violet willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family....

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Sachalin Willow Salix udensis
Salix udensis
Salix udensis is a species of willow native to northeastern Asia, in eastern Siberia , northeastern China, and northern Japan....

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Osier Salix viminalis
Goat Willow Salix caprea
Grey Willow Salix cinerea
Eared Willow Salix aurita
Salix aurita
Salix aurita is a species of willow distributed over much of Europe, and occasionally cultivated. It is a shrub to 2.5 m in height, distinguished from the similar but slightly larger Salix cinerea by its reddish petioles and young twigs. It was given its name because of the persistent...

Heart-leaved Willow Salix eriocephala *
Dark-leaved Willow Salix myrsinifolia
Salix myrsinifolia
Salix myrsinifolia is a species of willow native to Europe and Western Siberia. It forms a 2–5 m high shrub. In the north it becomes often a tree up to 8 m tall....

Tea-leaved Willow Salix phylicifolia
Salix phylicifolia
Salix phylicifolia is a species of willow native to Europe, the Faroe Islands, Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, and Western Siberia.-External links:*...

Creeping Willow Salix repens
Downy Willow Salix lapponum
Woolly Willow Salix lanata
Salix lanata
Salix lanata, the common name is Wooly Willow, is a species of willow native to tundra regions over much of the Circumboreal Region.-Description:...

Mountain Willow Salix arbuscula
Whortle-leaved Willow Salix myrsinites
Dwarf Willow Salix herbacea
Net-leaved Willow Salix reticulata
Salix reticulata
Salix reticulata, the Net-leaved Willow, is a dwarf willow, occurring in the colder parts of Northern Europe, Greenland, North America and Northern Asia...

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