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Scientific Names A-Z

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Lactuca sativa (Garden Lettuce) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lactuca serriola - Prickly Lettuce / Compass Plant     
flower close-up     flower side-view     leaf above     seed head     stem     plant
Kerb weed. Mount Wise Nature Reserve, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon.
04.08.05 (Public Location)

Lactuca virosa - Great / Acrid Lettuce (seed head)     seed     leaf above
Ocean Street Allotments, Keyham, Plymouth, Devon. 20.08.06 (Private Location)
20.08.06 (Public Location)

Lagarosiphon major (Curly Waterweed) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lamiastrum galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel     flower close-up     leaf
Wood fringe. Kitley Bridge, Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon. 13.05.05 (Public Location)

Lamiastrum galeobdolon 'Luteum' - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lamium album - White Dead-nettle     flowers     flower close-up     leaf
Road verge above shoreline. Weir Quay, nr. Bere Alston, Devon. 02.08.04 (Public Location)

Lamium amplexicaule - Henbit Dead-nettle    fl. close-up    fl. side-view    in bud    leaf    plant
Blagdon's Meadow, Embankment Road, Plymouth, Devon. 22.06.06 (Public Location)

Lamium hybridum - Cut-leaved Dead-nettle     flower-close-up     leaf
Disturbed soil. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover. 10.07.04 (Private Location) SX 50276 59261

Lamium maculatum (Spotted Dead-nettle) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lamium purpureum - Red Dead-nettle     flower close-up     flower side-view     leaf
Disturbed soil. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover. 12.05.04 (Private Location) SX 503 592

Lamium purpureum - Red Dead-nettle (white form)     fl. close-up     fl. side-view
Between Chelson Meadow and Wixenford, Plymouth, Devon. 17.04.06 (Private Location)

Lapsana communis - Nipplewort     fl. close-up     fl. side-view     leaf (lower)     leaf (upper)
Dis-used Railway. Plym Bridge (South) 11.06.04 (Public Location) SX 518 580

Lathraea clandestina (Purple Toothwort) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lathyrus latifolius (Everlasting Pea) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lathyrus linifolius - Bitter Vetch     flower close-up     flower side-view     leaf     pod     plant
Culm grassland. Dunsdon (DWT) Nature Reserve, nr. Holsworthy, Devon.
23.06.07 (Public Location)

Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet Pea) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lathyrus pratensis - Meadow Vetchling     flower     fl. side-view     leaves     leaf     pod
Hedgerow / scrub. Co-op Trail, Estover, Derriford, Plymouth. 10.06.04
(Public Location) SX 503 592

Lathyrus sylvestris - Wild Pea / Narrow-leaved Everlasting-pea     stem     leaf     plant
Hedgerow. Hooe Lake, Hooe, Plymouth, Devon. 28.06.05 (Public Location)

Lavatera arborea - Tree Mallow     young plant     leaf     trunk     plant group
Limestone wall (dam / sea defence). Hooe Lake, Plymstock. 14.08.04 (Public Location)

Lemna gibba - Fat Duckweed     underside close-up
River Otter, Ottery St. Mary (South), nr. Exeter, Devon. 24.09.06 (Public Location)

Lemna minuta - Least Duckweed     habitat
Footpath beside Plympton Sewage Farm, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 07.10.06 (Public Location)

Lemna sp. - Duckweed
Pond. River Plym, Bickleigh, nr. Plymouth. 29.08.04 (Public Location)

Leontodon autumnalis - Smooth / Autumnal Hawkbit     flower side-view     leaf rosette     leaf
Grassland. Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 22.09.04 (Public Location)

Leontodon hispidus -   Rough Hawkbit     fl. underside     leaf     stem hairs     seed head     plant
Lower Merripit, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. 02.07.06 (Public Footpath)

Leontodon saxatilis - Lesser Hawkbit     flower underside     leaf
Grassland. Forder Valley Local Nature Reserve, Leigham, Plymouth.
23.09.04 (Public Location) SX 50729 58140

Lepidium campestre - Field Pepperwort   
stem leaves     fruit -1    fruit -2    vesicles on fruit    old plant in seed    in-situ
Outside east perimeter, George Hotel Park and Ride, Glenholt, Plymouth, Devon.
29.06.07 (Public Location)

Lepidium heterophyllum - Smith's Pepperwort     stem leaves     lower leaf     fruit     plant
Meadow. Crabtree Reclaim, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 28.05.06

Lepidium ruderale - Narrow-leaved Pepperwort     seed head     seed
Millbay Docks, Millbay, Plymouth, Devon. 22.08.06 (Public Location)

Lepidium sativum (Garden Cress) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes   

Leucanthemum x superbum (Shasta Daisy) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Leucanthemum vulgare - Dog Daisy / Ox-eye Daisy   young plant   small fl. form   leaf   plants     
Roadside. Leypark Walk, Estover. 10.05.04 (Public Location) SX 511 588

Leucojum aestivum (Summer Snowflake) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lilium martagon (Martagon Lily) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes 

Limonium britannicum subsp. coombense - Rock Sea Lavender   flower close-up   
old flower head     leaves      plant     habitat
On Cliffs. Tregantle Beach, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 16.07.05 (Public Location)

Limonium sinuatum (Statice) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes     

Linaria arenaria - Sand Toadflax     flower close-up     seed capsules     plant
Dune slack. Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon. 08.07.05 (Public Location)

Linaria cymbalaria (Ivy-leaved Toadflax) - see Cymbalaria muralis

Linaria maroccana (Annual Toadflax) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Linaria nevadensis (Roadside Toadflax) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Linaria x dominii (L. purpurea x repens) - Hybrid Toadflax   
flower side-view     leaf above    leaf below     plant
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 11.10.06 (Private Location)

Linaria repens - Pale Toadflax     fl. side-view     leaf     capsule     open capsules
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 10.09.06 (Private Location)

Linaria supina - Prostrate Toadflax     flower side view     leaves     another fl. colour      habitat
Wasteground. Embankment Road, Plymouth, Devon. 26.05.05 (Public Location) SX 499 545

Linaria supina - Prostrate Toadflax     flowers     leaves     capsule
Pathway, disturbed soil. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.04
(Private Location) SX 50337 59308

Linaria supina hybrid (supina x purpurea) ? - Prostrate Toadflax     flowers side view
From plant above, sterile. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 06.06.05
(Private Location) SX 50337 59308

Linaria vulgaris - Toadflax     fl. close-up     fl. side-view     leaves
Hedgerow. Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
18.07.05 (Public Location)

Linum bienne - Pale Flax     seed capsule
Grassland. Co-op Trail, Estover, Derriford, Plymouth. 10.06.04 (Public Location) SX 502 592

Linum catharticum - Fairy / Purging Flax     fl. side view     leaves
Limestone grassland. Berry Head Nature Reserve, Brixham, Devon. 07.05.05 (Public Location)

Linum usitatissimum (Flax) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lithospermum officinale - Gromwell     flower close-up     leaf     in seed     plant
Limestone Grassland. Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 20.05.05 (Private Location)

Littorella uniflora - Shoreweed     flower close-up     top-view     base / roots     plants     habitat
Pond edge. Smallhanger Waste, nr. Sparkwell, Devon. 07.07.06 (Public Location) SX5699659655

Lobelia erinus (Annual Lobelia) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lobelia urens - Heath Lobelia     flowers close-up     leaf
Redlake Cottage Meadows (CWT Reserve), nr. Lostwithiel, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Lobelia urens - Heath Lobelia     leaf     flower spike     capsule
Shingle scree, disturbed soil. Plants originated from Loddiswell as part of a Polytechnic Study.
Rumley, nr. Bere Alston, Devon. (Private Location) SX 442 679

Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lotus angustissimus - Slender Bird's-foot-trefoil   
flower keel     flower above     leaf upperside     leaf underside     fruit
Limestone grassland. Mount Wise, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon. 05.07.05 (Public Location)

Lotus corniculatus - Bird's-foot-trefoil     seed head     
Limestone Grassland. Devil's Point, Plymouth. 14.05.04 (Public Location) SX 460 533

Lotus corniculatus - Bird's-foot-trefoil     U-shape upper sepals     leaves     fruit
Grassland. Co-op Trail, Estover, Derriford, Plymouth. 10.06.04 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Lotus glaber - Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoil     seed head     leaf     plant
Wasteland outside boundary of Bovey Tracey Heath, DWT Reserve, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
24.06.05 (Public Location)

Lotus pedunculatus - Large Bird's-foot-trefoil     leaf
Roadside. Forder Valley Junction 11.06.04 (Dangerous Public Location) SX 509 572

Lotus pedunculatus - Large Bird's-foot-trefoil     leaf     seed pod     plant
Open Woodland (flashes). Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth. 08.07.04 (Public Location) SX 448 608

Lotus subbiflorus - Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil     flower close-up     leaves     plant
Coastal Grassland. Lizard Point, The Lizard, Cornwall. 30.05.06 (Public Location)

Lunaria annua - Honesty     flowers close-up     leaf     seed head
Nr. George Hotel, Tavistock Rd., Plymouth, Devon. Plymouth. 10.04.05 (Public Location)

Lupinus angustifolius (Narrow-leaved / Blue Lupin) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lychnis coronaria (Rose Campion) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lychnis flos-cuculi - Ragged Robin     leaf     capsule     white form (Loggan's Moor LNR)
Wet woodland fringe. Co-op Trail, Estover, Derriford. 26.05.04 (Public Location) SX 499 591

Lycopersicon esculentum (Tomato) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lycopus europaeus - Gipsywort    flowers close-up     leaf     leaves
Open Woodland (flashes). Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth. 08.07.04 (Public Location)

Lysichiton americanus (American Skunk-cabbage) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lysimachia nemorum - Yellow Pimpernel     fl. close-up     fl. reverse     stem and leaves
Woodland. Co-op Trail, Estover, Derriford. 02.05.04 (Public Location) SX 502 592

Lysimachia nummularia - Creeping Jenny     flowers close-up     leaves
Wet wasteland. Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 17.06.05

Lysimachia punctata (Dotted Loosestrife) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Lysimachia vulgaris - Yellow Loosestrife     
flower close-up     flower side-view     leaf upperside     leaf underside     plant
Redlake Cottage Meadows (CWT Reserve), nr. Lostwithiel, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Lythrum portula - Water Purslane     flower close-up     leaves     plant
Bog. Wigford Down, nr. Hoo Meavy, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
17.06.05 (Public Location) SX 538 656


Lythrum salicaria - Purple Loosestrife     flower close-up     leaf
Lake margin. Stover Country Park, Newton Abbot, Devon. 24.06.05 (Public Location)


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