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Pancratium maritimum (Sea Daffodil) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Papaver dubium ssp. dubium - Long Headed / Long Smooth-headed Poppy   
flower base     flower side view     flower bud    leaf    appressed stalk hairs     seed head     sap
Wasteground. Embankment Rd., Plymouth, Devon. 26.05.05 (Public Location) SX 501 548

Papaver dubium ssp. lecoqii - Babington's Poppy     appressed stalk hairs     sap     seed head
Wasteground. Chittleburn Hill, Brixton, Plymouth, Devon.
28.05.05 (Public Location) SX 541 522

Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Papaver rhoeas - Field / Common Poppy (traditional)   
flower close-up     capsule    stiffly hairy stalk    sap    variant    colony
Wasteland. Mount Wise, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon. 23.06.05 (Public Location)

Papaver rhoeas - Field / Common Poppy (variation)     side-view     salmon     white     double
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 13.06.07 (Private Location)

Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Parentucellia viscosa - Yellow Bartsia     flower close-up     leaf
Penlee Point, Rame, Cornwall. 09.07.04 (Public Location) SX 44034 48938
Also good colonies from Bickleigh Bridge to Shaugh Bridge, Devon.

Parietaria diffusa - Pellitory of the Wall (dwarfed growing out of wall)     more typical flowers
Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 13.06.04 (Public Location) SX 459 533

Pastinaca sativa var. hortensis - Parsnip     leaf
Cultivated. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 06.06.04 (Private Location)

Pastinaca sativa var. sylvestris - Wild Parsnip     leaf     seeds     seed close-up     colony
Efford Marsh LNR, Deer Park, Plymouth, Devon. 27.07.04 (Public Location)

Pedicularis palustris - Red Rattle     flower close-up     leaf     plant
Scrubby marshland. Burrator Reservoir, nr. Yelverton, Devon. 22.06.05 (Public Location)

Pedicularis sylvatica - Lousewort     flower close-up     habitat
Cadover Bridge, Nr. Plymouth, Devon. 02.07.04 (Public Location) SX 556 646

Pedicularis sylvatica - Lousewort (pale form)     leaves     seed capsule
Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. 19.07.06 (Private Location)

Pentaglottis sempervirens - Green Alkanet     flower close-up     leaf     habitat
Path through dunes. Bantham Beach, nr. Kingsbridge, Devon. 16.08.04 (Public Location)

Persicaria amphibia - Amphibious Bistort -1    seed head    lf. above    lf. below    stem    plants
The images of the above plant were taken of it growing on the riverbank in a terrestrial
location; the plant can appear very different depending on the conditions where it is growing.
Plants growing in drier conditions may be shier to flower.
Riverbank. Tory Brook, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 23.09.06 (Public Location)


Persicaria amphibia - Amphibious Bistort -2     lf. above     lf. below     stem     plant
The images of the above plant were taken in the same location as
P. amphibia above, but were taken where the above terrestrial plants touched water, and thus became aquatic in nature.
Brook. Tory Brook, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 23.09.06 (Public Location)

Persicaria bistorta - Common Bistort     leaf     plant
Serpentine outcrops. Nr. Kynance Gate, West Lizard NNR, Kynance Cove, Cornwall.
30.05.06 (Public Location)

Persicaria hydropiper - Water Pepper     leaves     plant
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 10.08.04 (Public Location)

Persicaria hydropiper var. densiflorum - Dense-flowered Water Pepper     
leaf upperside     leaf underside     stem     plant
I am very grateful to Dr. John Akeroyd, Persicaria referee, who identified this plant.
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.06

Persicaria lapathifolium - Pale Persicaria     flowers     flower close-up     leaf
Chelson Meadow Fringe / Saltram, Plymouth, Devon. 27.07.04 (Public Location) SX 520 549

Persicaria maculosa - Red Shank     flower close-up     leaf     stem
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 14.06.04 (Public Location) SX 506 586

Persicaria wallichii (Himalayan Knotweed) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Petasites japonicus (Giant Butterbur) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Petasites hybridus - Butterbur -1     leaf (1)     leaf (2)     habitat
Roadside. A379 near Holbeton turn off, Holbeton, Devon. Flowering 06.04.06 (Public Location)

Petasites hybridus - Butterbur -2     flower close-up     young leaf     plants
Amongst grass, recreation ground. Tory Brook, Underwood, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 22.03.07 (Public Location) SX5340056358

Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Petunia x hybrida (Petunia) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Phuopsis stylosa (Caucasian Crosswort) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Physalis peruviana (Cape Gooseberry) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes     

Physospermum cornubiense - Cornish Bladderseed     leaf
Hedgerow. Treslea Junction, nr. Mount, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Picris echioides - Bristly Ox-tongue     leaf     flower-side view     seed head
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 12.07.04 (Private Location) SX 516 584

Picris hieracioides - Hawkweed Oxtongue     fl. close-up     fl. side-view     stem bristles     leaf
Chittleburn Hill, Brixton, Devon. 03.08.04 (Public Location)

Pilosella aurantiaca (Fox and Cubs) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Pilosella officinarum - Mouse-ear Hawkweed    fl. side-view     leaves -1     leaves -2     stolons
Warren Point, nr. Brixton, Devon. 17.07.04 (Public Location)

Pimpinella major - Greater Burnet Saxifrage    flowers close-up     fl. buds     leaf     stem
Efford Marsh LNR, Deer Park, Plymouth, Devon. 27.07.04 (Private Location)

Pimpinella saxifraga - Burnet Saxifrage     leaf     habitat
Grassland. Leigham LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.08.04 (Public Location)

Pinguicula lusitanica - Pale Butterwort     flower close-up     flower side-view     leaves
Bog. Whitchurch Down, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 07.06.05 (Public Location) SX50792 74132

Plantago coronopus - Buck's-horn Plantain     flowers close-up     leaf     plant
Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 14.05.04 (Public Location) SX 459 533

Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain     leaf     flower close-up
Limestone cliff. Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. 05.05.05 (Public Location)

Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain (bracteate form)     
bracts close-up     bracts side-view     leaf     plant
Coastal grassland. South coast path, west of Mothercombe, Devon. 09.08.05 (Public Location)

Plantago major ssp. intermedia - Great Plantain / Rat's Tail     lf. under     capsules     plant
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 01.07.07 (Private Location)

Plantago major ssp. major - Great Plantain / Rat's Tail     leaf     non-flowering plant     plants
Forder Valley Nature Reserve, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon.
10.06.04 (Public Location) SX 506 583

Plantago media - Hoary Plantain / Lamb's-tongue     flower above view     leaf     plant
Limestone grassland. Mount Wise, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon. 02.06.05 (Public Location)

Plantago maritima - Sea Plantain     flowers close-up     in bud     leaf     plant
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. 24.06.04 (Public Location) SX 949 637


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