Warwickshire Wild Flowers Checklist

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

The two numbers preceding the name indicate status.

For more information you will have to contact the Warwickshire Biological Records Centre or email the BSBI Warwickshire Recorder copson@btinternet.com

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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latin KENT / STACE 1993

ENGLISH NAME

1

5

Dactylis glomerata

COCK'S-FOOT (GRASS)

1

5

Dactylorhiza fuchsii

COMMON SPOTTED-ORCHID

1

4

Dactylorhiza incarnata

EARLY MARSH-ORCHID

1

4

Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp pulchella

EARLY MARSH-ORCHID

1

5

Dactylorhiza maculata ssp ericetorum

HEATH SPOTTED-ORCHID

1

5

Dactylorhiza praetermissa

SOUTHERN MARSH-ORCHID

1

5

Dactylorhiza x grandis (fuc x prae)

A HYBRID ORCHID

1

4

Dactylorhiza x hallii (mac x prae)

A HYBRID ORCHID

1

5

Danthonia decumbens (Sieglingia)

HEATH-GRASS

1

5

Daphne laureola

SPURGE-LAUREL

3

4

Daphne mezereum

MEZEREON

2

5

Datura stramonium

THORN-APPLE

1

5

Daucus carota

WILD CARROT

1

5

Daucus carota ssp.carota

WILD CARROT

1

5

Deschampsia cespitosa

TUFTED HAIR-GRASS

1

5

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp cespitosa

TUFTED HAIR-GRASS

1

5

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp parviflora

A TUFTED HAIR-GRASS SUBSPECIES

1

5

Deschampsia flexuosa

WAVY HAIR-GRASS

2

5

Descurainia sophia

FLIXWEED

1

4

Dianthus armeria

DEPTFORD PINK

2

5

Dianthus armeria

DEPTFORD PINK

2

4

Dianthus deltoides

MAIDEN PINK

2

4

Dianthus gratianopolitanus

CHEDDAR PINK

3

5

Digitalis lutea

STRAW FOXGLOVE

1

5

Digitalis purpurea

FOXGLOVE

3

5

Digitaria ciliaris

TROPICAL FINGER-GRASS

3

5

Digitaria sanguinalis

HAIRY FINGER-GRASS

2

5

Diplotaxis muralis

ANNUAL WALL-ROCKET (STINKWEED)

1

5

Diplotaxis tenuifolia

PERENNIAL WALL-ROCKET

1

5

Dipsacus fullonum

TEASEL

1

5

Dipsacus pilosus

SMALL TEASEL (=SHEPHERD'S-ROD)

3

5

Dipsacus sativus

FULLER'S TEASEL

3

5

Doronicum columnae

EASTERN LEOPARD'S-BANE

2

5

Doronicum pardalianches

LEOPARD'S-BANE

2

5

Doronicum x willdenowii (pard x plant)

WILDENOW'S LEOPARD'S-BANE

2

4

Draba muralis

WALL WHITLOWGRASS

Drosera intermedia

OBLONG-LEAVED SUNDEW

1

5

Drosera rotundifolia

ROUND-LEAVED SUNDEW

1

5

Dryopteris affinis ssp. borreri

SCALY MALE-FERN SSP.

1

5

Dryopteris affinis ssp. cambrensis

SCALY MALE-FERN SSP.

1

5

Dryopteris affinis (=pseudomas)

SCALY MALE-FERN

1

5

Dryopteris carthusiana

NARROW BUCKLER-FERN

1

5

Dryopteris dilatata (austriaca)

BROAD BUCKLER-FERN

1

5

Dryopteris filix-mas

MALE-FERN

3

5

Echinochloa colona

SHAMA MILLET

3

5

Echinochloa crusgalli

COCKSPUR

3

5

Echinochloa esculenta (utilis)

JAPANESE MILLET

3

5

Echinops exaltatus

GLOBE THISTLE

3

5

Echinops sphaerocephalus

A GLOBE THISTLE

1

5

Echium vulgare

VIPER'S-BUGLOSS

1

5

Elatine hexandra

SIX-STAMENED WATERWORT

1

5

Eleocharis acicularis

NEEDLE SPIKE-RUSH

1

4

Eleocharis multicaulis

MANY-STALKED SPIKE RUSH

1

5

Eleocharis palustris agg.

COMMON SPIKE-RUSH

1

5

Eleocharis palustris ssp. palustris

COMMON SPIKE-RUSH SSP.

1

5

Eleocharis palustris ssp. vulgaris

COMMON SPIKE-RUSH SSP.

1

5

Eleocharis quinqueflora

FEW-FLOWERED SPIKE-RUSH

1

5

Eleocharis uniglumis

SLENDER SPIKE-RUSH

1

5

Eleogiton fluitans (=Scirpus)

FLOATING CLUB-RUSH

2

5

Elodea canadensis

CANADIAN WATERWEED

2

5

Elodea nuttallii

NUTTALL'S WATERWEED

1

5

Elymus caninus

BEARDED COUCH

3

4

Elytrigia juncea ssp. boreoatlantica

SAND COUCH (GRASS)

1

5

Elytrigia repens (ssp. repens)

COMMON COUCH (GRASS)

1

5

Empetrum nigrum ssp. nigrum

CROWBERRY

3

5

Epilobium brunnescens (nerterioides)

NEW ZEALAND WILLOWHERB

2

5

Epilobium ciliatum (adenocaulon)

AMERICAN WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium hirsutum

GREAT WILLOWHERB (GT HAIRY W)

1

5

Epilobium lanceolatum

SPEAR-LEAVED WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium montanum

BROAD-LEAVED WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium obscurum

SHORT-FRUITED WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium palustre

MARSH WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium parviflorum

HOARY WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium roseum

PALE WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium tetragonum

SQUARE-STALKED WILLOWHERB

Epilobium tetragonum ssp lamyi (lamyi)

SQUARE-STALKED WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium x aggregatum(mon x obs)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

4

Epilobium x dacicum (par x obs)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

4

Epilobium x erroneum (hir x mon)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

4

Epilobium x limosum (par x mon)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

4

Epilobium x mutabile (mon x ros)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium x no name (cil x obs)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epilobium x no name (cil x par)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

4

Epilobium x no name (tet x cil)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

4

Epilobium x schmidtianum (obs x pal)

A HYBRID WILLOWHERB

1

5

Epipactis helleborine

BROAD-LEAVED HELLEBORINE

1

5

Epipactis palustris

MARSH HELLBORINE

1

4

Epipactis phyllanthes

GREEN-FLOWERED HELLEBORINE

1

5

Epipactis purpurata

VIOLET HELLEBORINE

1

5

Equisetum arvense

FIELD HORSETAIL

1

5

Equisetum fluviatile

WATER HORSETAIL

1

4

Equisetum hyemale

ROUGH HORSETAIL

1

5

Equisetum palustre

MARSH HORSETAIL

1

5

Equisetum sylvaticum

WOOD HORSETAIL

1

5

Equisetum telmateia

GREAT HORSETAIL

1

5

Equisetum x litorale (flu x arv)

A HYBRID HORSETAIL

1

5

Equisetum x rothermaleri (arv x pal)

A HYBRID HORSETAIL

3

5

Eragrostis cilianensis

STINK-GRASS

2

5

Eranthis hyemalis

WINTER ACONITE

1

5

Erica cinerea

BELL HEATHER

1

5

Erica tetralix

CROSS-LEAVED HEATH

1

5

Erigeron acer

BLUE FLEABANE

2

5

Erigeron karvinskianus (was mucronatus)

MEXICAN FLEABANE

1

5

Eriophorum angustifolium

COMMON COTTONGRASS

1

5

Eriophorum vaginatum

HARE'S TAIL COTTONGRASS

3

4

Erodium botrys

MEDITERRANEAN STORK'S-BILL

1

5

Erodium cicutarium

COMMON STORK'S-BILL

3

5

Erodium lebelii

STICKY STORK'S-BILL

3

4

Erodium maritimum

SEA STORK'S-BILL

2

5

Erodium moschatum

MUSK STORK'S-BILL

1

5

Erophila glabrescens

GLABROUS WITLOW-GRASS

1

5

Erophila majuscula

HAIRY WITLOW-GRASS

Erophila verna sensu Stace

COMMON WITLOW-GRASS

1

5

Erophila verna s.l.

COMMON WHITLOWGRASS

3

5

Eruca vesicaria ssp.sativa (=E.sativa)

GARDEN ROCKET

3

4

Erucastrum gallicum

HAIRY ROCKET

Erucastrum nasturtiifolium

WATERCRESS-LEAVED ROCKET

2

5

Erysimum cheiranthoides

TREACLE MUSTARD

2

5

Erysimum cheiri

WALLFLOWER

3

5

Escallonia macrantha

ESCALLONIA

3

4

Eschscholzia californica

CALIFORNIAN POPPY

1

5

Euonymus europaeus

SPINDLE

3

4

Euonymus latifolius

LARGE-LEAVED SPINDLE

1

5

Eupatorium cannabinum

HEMP-AGRIMONY

1

5

Euphorbia amygdaloides ssp. amygdaloides

WOOD SPURGE

2

4

Euphorbia cyparissias

CYPRESS SPURGE

Euphorbia esula agg.

LEAFY SPURGE

1

5

Euphorbia exigua

DWARF SPURGE

1

5

Euphorbia helioscopia

SUN SPURGE

2

5

Euphorbia lathyris

CAPER SPURGE

1

5

Euphorbia peplus

PETTY SPURGE

1

5

Euphorbia platyphyllos

BROAD-LEAVED SPURGE

Euphorbia x no name (boisserieriana x esula)

A LEAFY SPURGE HYBRID

2

5

Euphorbia x pseudovirgata (esu x ura)

TWIGGY SPURGE

1

4

Euphrasia arctica ssp borealis

EYEBRIGHT

1

5

Euphrasia confusa

EYEBRIGHT

1

4

Euphrasia micrantha

EYEBRIGHT

1

5

Euphrasia nemorosa

EYEBRIGHT

Euphrasia officinalis agg.

EYEBRIGHT

3

5

Fagopyrum esculentum

BUCKWHEAT

2

5

Fagus sylvatica

BEECH

2

5

Falcaria vulgaris

LONGLEAF

2

5

Fallopia baldschuanica (Bilderdykia aubertii)

RUSSIAN-VINE

1

5

Fallopia convolvulus (was Polygonum)

BLACK-BINDWEED

2

5

Fallopia japonica

JAPANESE KNOTWEED

2

5

Fallopia sachalinensis

GIANT KNOTWEED

1

5

Fallopia x bohemica (sac x jap jap)

A HYBRID JAPANESE KNOTWEED

1

5

Festuca altissima

WOOD FESCUE

1

5

Festuca arundinacea

TALL FESCUE

2

5

Festuca brevipila

HARD FESCUE

Festuca diffusa (see ssp. megastachys below)

NORTHERN FESCUE

1

5

Festuca filiformis

FINE-LEAVED SHEEP'S-FESCUE

1

5

Festuca gigantea

GIANT FESCUE

2

5

Festuca heterophylla

VARIOUS-LEAVED FESCUE

2

4

Festuca longifolia (=ovina var major)

HARD FESCUE

1

5

Festuca ovina

SHEEP'S-FESCUE AGG

1

5

Festuca ovina ssp ophioliticola

A SHEEP'S-FESCUE SUBSPECIES

1

5

Festuca ovina ssp.ovina

SHEEP'S-FESCUE

1

5

Festuca pratensis

MEADOW FESCUE

1

5

Festuca rubra agg

RED FESCUE

2

5

Festuca rubra ssp commutata

CHEWINGS FESCUE

3

5

Festuca rubra ssp megastachys (was multiflora)

A CASUAL FESCUE

1

5

Festuca rubra ssp rubra

A RED FESCUE

1

5

Festuca x aschersoniana (aru x prat)

A HYBRID FESCUE

1

5

Festulolium (X) braunii (F. pra x L.mul)

A HYBRID FESCUE/RYEGRASS

1

5

Festulolium (X) holmbergii (F. aru x L. per)

A HYBRID FESCUE-LOLIUM

1

5

Festulolium (X) loliaceum (F pra x L per)

HYBRID FESCUE

1

5

Festulolium (X) no name (F.aru x L. mul)

A HYBRID FESCUE-LOLIUM

1

5

Filago minima

SMALL CUDWEED

1

5

Filago vulgaris (=germanica)

COMMON CUDWEED

1

5

Filipendula ulmaria

MEADOWSWEET

1

5

Filipendula vulgaris

DROPWORT

2

5

Foeniculum vulgare

FENNEL

2

5

Fragaria ananassa

GARDEN STRAWBERRY

2

5

Fragaria muricata

HAUTBOIS STRAWBERRY

1

5

Fragaria vesca

WILD STRAWBERRY

1

5

Frangula alnus

ALDER BUCKTHORN

1

5

Fraxinus excelsior

ASH

2

5

Fritillaria meleagris

FRITILLARY

3

4

Fumaria bastardii

TALL RAMPING-FUMITORY

1

5

Fumaria capreolata ssp babingtonii

WHITE RAMPING-FUMITORY

1

5

Fumaria densiflora

DENSE-FLOWERED FUMITORY

1

5

Fumaria muralis (ssp boraei)

COMMON RAMPING-FUMITORY

1

5

Fumaria officinalis ssp. officinalis

COMMON FUMITORY

1

5

Fumaria officinalis ssp. wirtgenii

A COMMON FUMITORY VAR

1

4

Gagea lutea

YELLOW STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM

2

5

Galanthus nivalis

SNOWDROP

2

5

Galega officinalis

GOAT'S-RUE

1

5

Galeopsis angustifolia (ladanum)

RED HEMP-NETTLE

1

5

Galeopsis bifida (tet var bif)

LESSER HEMP-NETTLE

2

4

Galeopsis speciosa

LARGE-FLOWERED HEMP-NETTLE

1

5

Galeopsis tetrahit

COMMON HEMP-NETTLE

2

5

Galinsoga parviflora

GALLANT SOLDIER

2

5

Galinsoga quadriradiata

SHAGGY SOLDIER

1

5

Galium aparine

CLEAVERS

1

5

Galium mollugo

HEDGE-BEDSTRAW

1

5

Galium mollugo ssp erectum

UPRIGHT HEDGE-BEDSTRAW

1

5

Galium mollugo ssp mollugo

HEDGE-BEDSTRAW

1

5

Galium odoratum (was Asperula odorata)

WOODRUFF (=SWEET WOODRUFF)

1

5

Galium palustre ssp palustre

COMMON MARSH-BEDSTRAW

1

5

Galium palustre ssp. elongatum

GREAT MARSH-BEDSTRAW

1

4

Galium pumilum

SLENDER BEDSTRAW

1

5

Galium saxatile (was G. hercynicum)

HEATH BEDSTRAW

3

4

Galium spurium

FALSE CLEAVERS

1

4

Galium tricornutum

CORN CLEAVERS

1

5

Galium uliginosum

FEN BEDSTRAW

1

5

Galium verum

LADY'S BEDSTRAW

1

5

Galium x pomeranicum (=mol x ver)

A HYBRID BEDSTRAW

1

4

Gastridium ventricosum

NIT-GRASS

3

5

Genista aetnensis

MOUNT ETNA BROOM

1

5

Genista anglica

PETTY WHIN

3

5

Genista hispanica

SPANISH GORSE

1

5

Genista tinctoria ssp tinctoria

DYER'S GREENWEED

1

5

Gentianella amarella (ssp amarella)

AUTUMN GENTIAN

1

5

Geranium columbinum

LONG-STALKED CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geranium dissectum

CUT-LEAVED CRANE'S-BILL

2

5

Geranium endressii

FRENCH CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geranium lucidum

SHINING CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geranium molle

DOVE'S-FOOT CRANE'S-BILL

2

5

Geranium phaeum

DUSKY CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geranium pratense

MEADOW CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geranium pusillum

SMALL-FLOWERED CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geranium pyrenaicum

HEDGEROW CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geranium robertianum

HERB-ROBERT

1

5

Geranium rotundifolium

ROUND-LEAVED CRANE'S-BILL

2

5

Geranium sanguineum

BLOODY CRANE'S-BILL

1

4

Geranium sylvaticum

WOOD CRANE'S-BILL

2

5

Geranium versicolor

PENCILLED CRANE'S-BILL

3

5

Geranium x oxonianum (end x ver)

A HYBRID CRANE'S-BILL

1

5

Geum rivale

WATER AVENS

1

5

Geum urbanum

WOOD AVENS (HERB BENNET)

1

5

Geum x intermedium

HYBRID AVENS

Ginkgo biloba

MAIDENHAIR TREE

3

4

Glaucium flavum

YELLOW HORNED-POPPY

3

4

Glaux maritima

SEA-MILKWORT

1

5

Glechoma hederacea

GROUND-IVY

Gleditsia triacanthos

HONEY-LOCUST

1

5

Glyceria declinata

SMALL SWEET-GRASS

1

5

Glyceria fluitans

FLOATING SWEET-GRASS

1

5

Glyceria maxima

REED SWEET-GRASS

1

5

Glyceria notata

PLICATE SWEET-GRASS

1

5

Glyceria x pedicellata (flu x pli)

HYBRID SWEET-GRASS

1

5

Gnaphalium sylvaticum

HEATH CUDWEED

1

5

Gnaphalium uliginosum

MARSH CUDWEED

1

5

Groenlandia densa

OPPOSITE-LEAVED PONDWEED

3

5

Guizotia abyssinica

NIGGER SEED

1

4

Gymnadenia conopsea

FRAGRANT ORCHID

3

4

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

OAK FERN

1

5

Gymnocarpium robertianum

LIMESTONE FERN

1

5

Hedera helix ssp. helix

IVY

2

5

Hedera helix subsp.hibernica

ATLANTIC IVY

1

5

Helianthemum nummularium

COMMON ROCKROSE

3

5

Helianthus rigidus

GARDEN ESCAPE SUNFLOWER

3

5

Helianthus tuberosus

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE

1

5

Helictotrichon pratense

MEADOW OAT-GRASS

1

5

Helictotrichon pubescens

DOWNY OAT-GRASS

1

5

Helleborus foetidus

STINKING HELLEBORE

1

5

Helleborus viridis ssp oxidentalis

GREEN HELLEBORE

2

5

Heracleum mantegazzianum

GIANT HOGWEED

1

5

Heracleum sphondylium ssp. sphondylium

HOGWEED

3

5

Herniaria glabra

SMOOTH RUPTUREWORT

3

4

Herniaria hirsuta

HAIRY RUPTUREWORT

2

5

Hesperis matronalis

DAME'S-VIOLET

1

5

Hieracium acuminatum

A HAWKWEED

1

5

Hieracium diaphanum

A HAWKWEED

1

4

Hieracium eboracense

A HAWKWEED

3

5

Hieracium exotericum s.l.

A HAWKWEED

2

5

Hieracium maculatum

SPOTTED HAWKWEED

1

5

Hieracium sabaudum (=perpropinquum)

A HAWKWEED

2

5

Hieracium salticola

A HAWKWEED

3

5

Hieracium speluncarum

A HAWKWEED

1

5

Hieracium umbellatum

A HAWKWEED

1

5

Hieracium vagum

A HAWKWEED

1

4

Hieracium vulgatum (not of Bag)

COMMON HAWKWEED

1

4

Hippocrepis comosa

HORSESHOE VETCH

1

5

Hippuris vulgaris

MARE'S-TAIL

3

5

Hirschfeldia incana

HOARY MUSTARD

1

5

Holcus lanatus

YORKSHIRE-FOG

1

5

Holcus mollis

CREEPING SOFT-GRASS

1

4

Hordelymus europaeus

WOOD BARLEY

3

5

Hordeum distichon

TWO-ROWED BARLEY

3

5

Hordeum jubatum

FOXTAIL BARLEY

1