Wildflowers of Britain

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Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) (Church steeples, Sticklewort)

Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) (Church steeples, Sticklewort) grows from 50cm-2m tall. The stems and leaves are deep green and covered with soft hairs. The flower spikes have a spicy odour like apricots. The yellow flowers grow on a single spike and appear from through Summer and early Autumn with tiny, hooked fruits, enabling it to cling to animal fur and clothing.

some white flowers and green leaves on a tree

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) is an edible flowering plant which grows on waste ground and in hedges, once grown as a pot herb, but now appreciated mostly by foragers. It is a stout, hairless, biennial growing to 1.5m tall. The flowers are small, with yellowish petals and tiny, green sepals. A single plant may produce between 3,000 and 9,000 seeds in a single year.

small pink and yellow flowers growing out of the ground in front of some green grass

Alpine Meadow Rue (Thalictrum alpinum)

Alpine Meadow Rue (Thalictrum alpinum) is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing up to 5-25cm tall. The stems are erect and usually unbranched and leafless. The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers that arches over as the flowers and fruit develop. Each flower has a bell-shaped calyx of green or purplish sepals bearing up to 15 long purple stamens tipped with large yellow anthers.

Angelica (Angelica sylvestris)

Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) is an annual or short-lived perennial growing to 2.5m with erect purplish stems and rounded umbels of minuscule white or pale pink flowers in late Summer. It has an aromatic smell and an acrid-spicy flavour and is found in wet woods, rocky gorges and the banks of streams.

Articulated Rush (Juncus articulatus) is a perennial herb producing mainly erect stems from a short rhizome. It generally has one or more flattened hollow cylindrical leaves up to 10cm long. The inflorescence atop the stem has several branches with up to 25 clusters of up to 12 greenish to dark brown flowers. It grows in moist areas, such as wet sand, and thrives in calcareous soils. Dark Brown Flowers, Wet Sand, Brown Flowers, Rush, Dandelion, Soil

Articulated Rush (Juncus articulatus)

Articulated Rush (Juncus articulatus) is a perennial herb producing mainly erect stems from a short rhizome. It generally has one or more flattened hollow cylindrical leaves up to 10cm long. The inflorescence atop the stem has several branches with up to 25 clusters of up to 12 greenish to dark brown flowers. It grows in moist areas, such as wet sand, and thrives in calcareous soils.

the yellow flowers are blooming in the forest

Artillery Plant (Lamiastrum galiobdolon) (Yellow Archangel)

Artillery Plant (Lamiastrum galiobdolon) (Yellow Archangel) is a large-leaved perennial plant growing to a height of 40-80cm. The underside of the leaves is often purplish. The flowers are soft yellow and are borne in axial clusters with a prominent 'hood'. The central lip is triangular and often streaked with orange.

many yellow flowers are growing in the green grass with other plants and weeds around them

Autumn Hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis)

Autumn Hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis) is a perennial herb growing to 35cm high, usually with branched stems and several flower-heads. The florets are bright yellow. It appears towards Autumn, in damp grassland and meadows. The plant is abundant in Ireland and Great Britain.

Autumn Squill (Scilla Autumnalis)

Autumn Squill (Scilla Autumnalis) is a bulbous perennial growing to a height of 25cm with a 10cm spread. It produces dense racemes of small purple flowers appearing in late Summer and early Autumn, before the linear leaves.

a close up of a purple flower in the grass

Babingtons Leek (Allium babingtonii)

Babingtons Leek (Allium babingtonii) bears an umbel of as many as 500 urn-shaped flowers up to 6mm across. The tepals are white, pink or red, the anthers yellow or purple and the pollen yellow. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek.

some yellow flowers are growing in the grass

Banewort (Ranunculus flammula) (Lesser Spearwort)

Banewort (Ranunculus flammula) (Lesser Spearwort) is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to a height of 30cm. It produces butter-yellow flowers through Summer and can be found along the edges of ponds, lakes and streams, and in marshes and wet meadows. It is widespread and common throughout the UK.

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Barren Strawberry (Potentilla sterilis) (Strawberryleaf cinquefoil)

Barren Strawberry (Potentilla sterilis) (Strawberryleaf cinquefoil) is a perennial herbaceous species of in the rose family, Rosaceae. It looks like wild woodland strawberry or a cultivated strawberry but is a smaller plant with smaller flowers and does not form fleshy fruit. The terminal tooth of the leaflets is usually shorter than the adjacent teeth and the leaves are matt and darker green.

pink flowers with green leaves in the foreground and blurry grass in the background

Basil (Clinopodium vulgare)

Basil (Clinopodium vulgare), the wild basil, is a perennial rhizomatous herb with square, upright, hairy stems and opposite pairs of leaves. The inflorescence is a terminal spike consisting of several loose whorls of clusters of flowers growing in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are pink, violet or purple and have two lips. It is found in dry grassland and heathland, usually on limestone or chalky soils.

purple flowers are blooming in the garden

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Betony (Stachys officinalis)

Betony (Stachys officinalis) is a rhizotomous, grassland, herbaceous perennial growing to 30–60 cm tall. It flowers in mid-Summer and is found in dry grassland, meadows and open woods. It is common in England and Wales, but rare in Ireland and northern Scotland.

blueberries growing on the branches of a tree

Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) (European blueberry)

Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) (European blueberry) is a shrub with edible, blue fruit, also known by the names of blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry to distinguish it from other Vaccinium relatives. It occurs in the acidic soils of heaths, boggy barrens, degraded meadows, open forests and parklands, hummocky seepage slopes and moraines.

yellow flowers are blooming in the grass on a sunny day with blue sky and clouds

Green Birdflower Plant

Birds Foot Trefoil

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Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) (Bacon and eggs), in the pea family, is a perennial herbaceous plant, similar in appearance to some clovers. The name 'bird's foot' refers to the appearance of the seed pods on their stalk. Its stem can reach up to 50cm long and it is most often found in sandy soils. It flowers from Summer into Autumn. The flowers develop into small pea-like pods or legumes.