Warwickshire Wild Flowers Checklist

Impatiens glandulifera INDIAN BALSAM at Hearsall Common, Coventry. Photo:Alan Whitmore

 

This checklist is based on recording up to the end of 1999. Arranged in alphabetical order by Latin name, jump to any point by clicking on the initial letter.

 

The two numbers preceding the name indicate status, key below. For more information you will have to contact the Warwickshire Biological Records Centre

A B C D E F G H I J KL M N O P Q R S T U VWXYZ

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1=considered to be native in Warwickshire.

2=naturalised introduction (survives and reproduces).

3=casual introduction (does not survive).

4=only found before 1970, probably extinct.

5=recorded since 1970, probably extant.

no number=status unclear.

Crosshatching indicates a species not included in the recent national 'ATLAS 2000' survey.

 

 

 

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ENGLISH NAME

Abies alba

EUROPEAN SILVER FIR

Abies grandis

GIANT (GREAT) FIR

Abies procera

NOBLE FIR

1

5

Acer campestre

FIELD MAPLE

Acer cappadococum

CAPPADOCIAN MAPLE (BUTTER MAPLE)

Acer negundo

ASHLEAF MAPLE

2

5

Acer platanoides

NORWAY MAPLE

2

5

Acer pseudoplatanus

SYCAMORE

Acer saccharinum

SILVER MAPLE

2

5

Aceras anthropophorum

MAN ORCHID

1

5

Achillea millefolium

YARROW

1

5

Achillea ptarmica

SNEEZEWORT

1

5

Aconitum napellus ssp napellus (anglicum)

MONK'S-HOOD

3

5

Aconitum x cammarum

HYBRID MONK'S-HOOD

2

5

Acorus calamus

SWEET-FLAG

3

4

Actaea spicata

BANEBERRY (=HERB CHRISTOPHER)

2

5

Adiantum capillus-veneris

MAIDENHAIR FERN

3

4

Adonis annua

PHEASANT'S-EYE

1

5

Adoxa moschatellina

MOSCHATEL

2

5

Aegopodium podagraria

GROUND-ELDER

3

5

Aesculus carnea

RED HORSE-CHESTNUT

2

5

Aesculus hippocastanum

HORSE-CHESTNUT

1

5

Aethusa cynapium agg.

FOOL'S PARSLEY

1

5

Aethusa cynapium ssp agrestis

A FOOL'S PARSLEY SSP

1

5

Aethusa cynapium ssp cynapium

A FOOL'S PARSLEY SSP

1

5

Agrimonia eupatoria

AGRIMONY

1

5

Agrimonia procera

FRAGRANT AGRIMONY

2

4

Agrostemma githago

CORNCOCKLE

3

5

Agrostemma githago

CORNCOCKLE

3

4

Agrostis avenacea

BLOWN-GRASS

1

5

Agrostis canina

VELVET BENT

1

5

Agrostis capillaris (tenuis)

COMMON BENT

3

5

Agrostis castellana

HIGHLAND BENT

1

5

Agrostis gigantea

BLACK BENT

1

4

Agrostis gigantea x A. stolonifera

A HYBRID BENT

1

5

Agrostis stolonifera

CREEPING BENT

1

5

Agrostis vinealis

BROWN BENT

Ailanthus altissima

TREE-OF-HEAVEN

1

5

Aira caryophyllea

SILVER HAIR-GRASS

1

5

Aira praecox

EARLY HAIR-GRASS

1

5

Ajuga reptans

BUGLE

1

5

Alchemilla filicaulis

LADY'S-MANTLE

1

5

Alchemilla filicaulis ssp vestita (=vulgaris in Wks)

LADY'S-MANTLE

2

5

Alchemilla mollis

A LADY'S-MANTLE

Alchemilla venosa

A CAUCASIAN LADY'S-MANTLE

1

4

Alchemilla xanthochlora

INTERMEDIATE LADY'S-MANTLE

1

5

Alisma lanceolatum

N.L.WATER PLANTAIN

1

5

Alisma plantago-aquatica

WATER PLANTAIN

1

5

Alliaria petiolata

GARLIC MUSTARD

1

5

Allium oleraceum

FIELD GARLIC

3

5

Allium roseum

ROSY GARLIC

3

5

Allium schoenoprasum

CHIVES

3

5

Allium sphaerocephalon

ROUND-HEADED LEEK

1

5

Allium ursinum

RAMSONS

1

5

Allium vineale

WILD ONION (CROW GARLIC)

3

5

Alnus cordata

ITALIAN ALDER

1

5

Alnus glutinosa

ALDER

2

5

Alnus incana

GREY ALDER

1

5

Alopecurus aequalis

ORANGE FOXTAIL

1

5

Alopecurus geniculatus

MARSH FOXTAIL

1

5

Alopecurus myosuroides

BLACK-GRASS

1

5

Alopecurus pratensis

MEADOW FOXTAIL

1

5

Alopecurus x brachystylus (=x hybridus)

HYBRID FOXTAIL

3

5

Althaea hirsuta

ROUGH MARSH-MALLOW

3

4

Alyssum alyssoides

SMALL ALISON

3

5

Amaranthus albus

WHITE AMARANTH (PIGWEED)

3

5

Amaranthus blitum

LIVID AMARANTH

3

4

Amaranthus deflexus

PERENNIAL PIGWEED

3

5

Amaranthus hybridus

GREEN AMARANTH

3

5

Amaranthus retroflexus

COMMON AMARANTH

3

5

Ammi majus

BULLWORT

3

5

Ammi visnaga

TOOTHPICK-PLANT

2

5

Ammophila arenaria

MARRAM

3

5

Amsinckia micrantha (intermedia)

AMSINCKIA

1

5

Anacamptis pyramidalis

PYRAMIDAL ORCHID

1

5

Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis

SCARLET PIMPERNEL

1

5

Anagallis arvensis ssp. foemina (caerulea)

BLUE PIMPERNEL

1

4

Anagallis minima

CHAFFWEED

1

5

Anagallis tenella

BOG PIMPERNEL

Anagallis x doerfleri (arv x foe)

A HYBRID PIMPERNEL

3

5

Anaphalis margaritacea

PEARLY EVERLASTING

1

5

Anchusa arvensis

BUGLOSS

3

5

Anchusa azurea

GARDEN ANCHUSA

2

5

Anemone apennina

BLUE ANEMONE

1

5

Anemone nemorosa

WOOD ANEMONE

3

5

Anethum graveolens

DILL

3

5

Angelica archangelica

GARDEN ANGELICA

1

5

Angelica sylvestris

WILD ANGELICA

3

5

Anisantha diandra

GREAT BROME

3

4

Anisantha rigida

RIPGUT BROME

1

5

Anisantha sterilis

BARREN BROME

1

5

Anthemis arvensis

CORN CHAMOMILE

1

5

Anthemis cotula

STINKING CHAMOMILE

3

5

Anthemis tinctoria

YELLOW CHAMOMILE

3

4

Anthoxanthum aristatum (=puelii)

ANNUAL VERNAL-GRASS

1

5

Anthoxanthum odoratum

SWEET VERNAL-GRASS

3

5

Anthriscus caucalis

BUR CHERVIL

1

4

Anthriscus caucalis

BUR CHERVIL

3

4

Anthriscus cerefolium

GARDEN CHERVIL

1

5

Anthriscus sylvestris

COW PARSLEY (QUEEN ANN'S LACE)

1

5

Anthyllis vulneraria

KIDNEY VETCH

1

5

Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. vulneraria

KIDNEY VETCH

Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. vulneraria var. langei

KIDNEY VETCH SUB-SPECIES VARIETY

2

5

Antirrhinum majus

SNAPDRAGON

3

5

Apera spica-venti

LOOSE SILKY-BENT

Aphanes arvensis agg.

PARSLEY-PIERT

1

5

Aphanes arvensis s.s.

PARSLEY-PIERT

1

5

Aphanes australis (inexpectata)

SLENDER PARSLEY-PIERT

1

5

Apium graveolens

WILD CELERY

1

5

Apium inundatum

LESSER MARSHWORT

1

5

Apium nodiflorum

FOOL'S WATER-CRESS

1

5

Apium nodiflorum x repens

A FOOL'S WATERCRESS HYBRID

3

5

Aponogeton distachyos

CAPE-PONDWEED

1

5

Aquilegia vulgaris

COLUMBINE

1

5

Arabidopsis thaliana

THALECRESS

2

4

Arabis glabra (=Turritis)

TOWER MUSTARD

1

4

Arabis hirsuta

HAIRY ROCK-CRESS

Araucaria araucana

MONKEY-PUZZLE

1

5

Arctium lappa

GREATER BURDOCK

1

5

Arctium minus

BURDOCK

Arctium minus ssp minus

LESSER BURDOCK

1

4

Arctium nemorosum

A LESSER BURDOCK

Arctium pubens (minus ssp pubens)

A LESSER BURDOCK

3

4

Arenaria balearica

MOSSY SANDWORT

1

5

Arenaria serpyllifolia agg.

THYME-LEAVED SANDWORT agg.

1

5

Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp. leptoclados

SLENDER SANDWORT

1

5

Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia

THYME-LEAVED SANDWORT

Aristolochia clematitis

BIRTHWORT

3

5

Armeria maritima s.l.

THRIFT

2

5

Armoracia rusticana

HORSE-RADISH

1

5

Arrhenatherum elatius

FALSE OAT-GRASS

2

5

Artemisia absinthium

WORMWOOD

1

5

Artemisia vulgaris

MUGWORT

3

5

Arum italicum ssp italicum

AN ITALIAN LORDS-AND-LADIES SUBSPECIES

1

5

Arum maculatum

LORDS-AND-LADIES (WILD ARUM LILY)

2

5

Asparagus officinalis

ASPARAGUS

2

5

Asparagus officinalis ssp officinalis

ASPARAGUS

3

5

Asperula arvensis

A CASUAL WOODRUFF

1

5

Asperula cynanchica

SQUINANCYWORT

1

5

Asperula cynanchica ssp. cynanchica

SQUINANCYWORT

1

5

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

BLACK SPLEENWORT

1

5

Asplenium ruta-muraria

WALL-RUE

1

5

Asplenium trichomanes

MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT

1

5

Asplenium trichomanes ssp quadrivalens

MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT

1

4

Asplenium viride (trichomanes-ramosum)

GREEN SPLEENWORT

2

5

Aster lanceolatus (=simplex)

ORIGINAL MICHAELMAS-DAISY

2

5

Aster novae-angliae

HAIRY MICHAELMAS-DAISY

2

5

Aster novi-belgii

MICHAELMAS-DAISY

2

5

Aster x salignus

A HYBRID MICHAELMAS-DAISY

2

5

Aster x versicolor

A HYBRID MICHAELMAS-DAISY

1

5

Astragalus glycyphyllos

WILD LIQUORICE

2

5

Astrantia major

ASTRANTIA (MASTERWORT)

1

5

Athyrium filix-femina

LADY-FERN

3

5

Atriplex hortensis

GARDEN ORACHE (RED O)

1

5

Atriplex patula

COMMON ORACHE

1

5

Atriplex prostrata (=hastata)

SPEAR-LEAVED ORACHE

1

5

Atropa belladonna

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE

2

5

Aubrieta deltoidea

AUBRETIA

3

5

Aucuba japonica

SPOTTED-LAUREL

2

5

Avena fatua

WILD-OAT

3

5

Avena sativa

OAT

2

5

Avena sterilis

WINTER WILD-OAT

2

5

Avena sterilis ssp. ludoviciana

WINTER WILD-OAT

3

4

Avena strigosa

BRISTLE OAT

2

5

Azolla filiculoides

WATER FERN

1

4

Baldellia ranunculoides

LESSER WATER-PLANTAIN

1

5

Ballota nigra ssp. meridionalis

BLACK HOREHOUND

2

5

Barbarea intermedia

MEDIUM-FL WINTER-CRESS

2

5

Barbarea verna

AMERICAN WINTER-CRESS

1

5

Barbarea vulgaris

WINTER-CRESS

1

5

Bellis perennis

DAISY

Berberis darwinii

DARWIN'S BARBERRY

2

5

Berberis vulgaris

BARBERRY

3

4

Berteroa incana

HOARY ALISON

1

5

Berula erecta

LESSER WATER-PARSNIP

3

4

Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris

BEET

Betula nigra

RIVER BIRCH

1

5

Betula pendula (verrucosa)

SILVER BIRCH

1

5

Betula pubescens

DOWNY BIRCH

1

5

Betula pubescens ssp. pubescens

DOWNY BIRCH

1

4

Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa

A DOWNY BIRCH SSP

1

5

Betula x aurata (pen x pub)

A HYBRID BIRCH

1

5

Bidens cernua

NODDING BUR-MARIGOLD

2

5

Bidens frondosa

BEGGARTICKS

1

5

Bidens tripartita

TRIFID BUR-MARIGOLD

1

5

Blackstonia perfoliata

YELLOW-WORT

1

5

Blechnum spicant

HARD FERN

1

5

Blysmus compressus

FLAT SEDGE (BROAD BLYSMUS)

1

5

Bolboschoenus maritimus was Scirpus

SEA CLUB-RUSH

2

5

Borago officinalis

BORAGE

1

5

Botrychium lunaria

MOONWORT

1

5

Brachypodium pinnatum

TOR-GRASS (CHALK FALSE-BROME)

1

5

Brachypodium sylvaticum

FALSE-BROME

3

5

Brassica juncea

CHINESE (OR INDIAN) MUSTARD

2

5

Brassica napus

RAPE

2

5

Brassica napus ssp. oleifera

OILSEED RAPE

3

5

Brassica napus ssp. rapifera

SWEDE

1

5

Brassica nigra

BLACK MUSTARD

3

4

Brassica oleracea

CABBAGE

2

5

Brassica rapa

WILD TURNIP

2

5

Brassica rapa ssp. campestris

WILD TURNIP

3

5

Brassica tournefortii

A CASUAL BRASSICA

3

5

Briza maxima

GREATER QUAKING-GRASS

1

5

Briza media

QUAKING-GRASS

1

5

Bromopsis erecta

UPRIGHT BROME

Bromopsis erecta var. villosa

AN UPRIGHT BROME VAR

3

5

Bromopsis inermis ssp inermis

HUNGARIAN BROME

1

5

Bromopsis ramosa

HAIRY-BROME

3

5

Bromus arvensis

FIELD BROME

1

5

Bromus commutatus

MEADOW BROME

Bromus commutatus var pubens

MEADOW BROME VARIETY

Bromus hord ssp hord var leiostachys

A SOFT-BROME VAR

1

5

Bromus hordeaceus

SOFT-BROME

1

5

Bromus hordeaceus ssp hordeaceus

SOFT-BROME

2

5

Bromus lepidus

SLENDER SOFT-BROME

3

4

Bromus pseudosecalinus

SMITH'S BROME

1

5

Bromus racemosus

SMOOTH BROME

3

5

Bromus secalinus

RYE BROME

Bromus secalinus var hirtus

HAIRY RYE BROME

Bromus squarrosus var villosus

A CASUAL BROME

1

5

Bromus x no name (com x rac)

A HYBRID BROME

1

5

Bromus x pseudothominei (thominii auct.) now includes var. hirsutus

LESSER SOFT- BROME

3

5

Brunnera macrophylla

GREAT FORGET-ME-NOT

1

5

Bryonia dioica

WHITE BRYONY

2

5

Buddleja davidii

BUTTERFLY-BUSH (BUDDLEIA)

3

5

Bupleurum rotundifolium

THOROW-WAX

3

5

Bupleurum subovatum (= lancifolium)

FALSE THOROW-WAX

1

5

Butomus umbellatus

FLOWERING-RUSH

2

5

Buxus sempervirens

BOX

3

4

Cakile maritima

SEA ROCKET

1

5

Calamagrostis canescens

PURPLE SMALL-REED

1

5

Calamagrostis epigejos

WOOD SMALL-REED

3

5

Calendula officinalis

POT MARIGOLD

2

5

Calla palustris

BOG ARUM

1

5

Callitriche brutia (pedunculata)

PEDUNCULATE WATER-STARWORT

1

5

Callitriche hamulata

INTERMEDIATE WATER-STARWORT

1

5

Callitriche hermaphroditica

A WATER STARWORT

1

5

Callitriche obtusangula

BLUNT-FRUITED WATER-STARWORT

1

5

Callitriche platycarpa

VARIOUS-LEAVED WATER-STARWORT

1

5

Callitriche stagnalis

COMMON WATER-STARWORT

1

5

Calluna vulgaris

HEATHER (LING)

Calocedrus decurrens

INCENSE CEDAR

1

5

Caltha palustris

MARSH-MARIGOLD (KING CUP)

2

5

Calystegia pulchra

HAIRY BINDWEED

1

5

Calystegia sepium

HEDGE BINDWEED

1

5

Calystegia sepium ssp sepium

A HEDGE BINDWEED SUBSPECIES

2

5

Calystegia silvatica

LARGE BINDWEED

3

4

Calystegia soldanella

SEA BINDWEED

1

5

Calystegia x lucana (sep x sil)

A HYBRID BINDWEED

3

4

Camelina sativa

GOLD-OF-PLEASURE

1

5

Campanula glomerata

CLUSTERED BELLFLOWER

3

5

Campanula lactiflora

MILKY BELLFLOWER

1

5

Campanula latifolia

GIANT BELLFLOWER (THROATWORT)

1

5

Campanula patula

SPREADING BELLFLOWER

2

5

Campanula persicifolia

PEACH-LEAVED BELLFLOWER

3

5

Campanula poscharskyana

TRAILING BELLFLOWER

2

5

Campanula rapunculoides

CREEPING BELLFLOWER

2

4

Campanula rapunculus

RAMPION BELLFLOWER

1

5

Campanula rotundifolia

HAREBELL

1

5

Campanula trachelium

NETTLE-LVD BELLFLOWER

3

5

Cannabis sativa

HEMP

1

5

Capsella bursa-pastoris

SHEPHERD'S-PURSE

2

5

Capsella rubella

PINK SHEPHERD'S-PURSE

1

5

Capsella x gracilis )

A HYBRID SHEPHERD'S-PURSE

1

5

Cardamine amara

LARGE BITTER-CRESS

1

5

Cardamine flexuosa

WAVY BITTER-CRESS

1

5

Cardamine hirsuta

HAIRY BITTER-CRESS

1

4

Cardamine impatiens

NARROW-LEAVED BITTER-CRESS

1

5

Cardamine pratensis

CUCKOOFLOWER (LADY'S-SMOCK)

1

5

Cardamine x fringsii (pra x fle)

A HYBRID BITTERCRESS

1

5

Carduus crispus ssp. multiflorus

WELTED THISTLE

1

5

Carduus nutans

MUSK THISTLE

3

4

Carduus tenuiflorus

SLENDER THISTLE

1

5

Carduus x dubius (=stangii)

A HYBRID THISTLE

1

5

Carex acuta

SLENDER TUFTED-SEDGE

1

5

Carex acutiformis

LESSER POND-SEDGE

2

5

Carex arenaria

SAND SEDGE

1

5

Carex binervis

GREEN-RIBBED SEDGE

1

5

Carex caryophyllea (praecox)

SPRING-SEDGE

1

5

Carex curta

WHITE SEDGE

1

5

Carex diandra

LESSER TUSSOCK-SEDGE

1

5

Carex dioica

DIOECIOUS SEDGE

Carex dioica f. isogyna

MONOECIOUS SEDGE

1

5

Carex distans

DISTANT SEDGE

1

5

Carex disticha

BROWN SEDGE

1

5

Carex di