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Common Plants by Season and Colour

SUMMER

Red

Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) - fertile grassland and meadows

Crow Garlic (Allium vineale) - wasteground, open grassland and hedgerows.

Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)

Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) - cultivated soil or wasteground.

White

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)

Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) - hedgerows

White Clover / Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) - hedgerows, dry banks and grassland.

Green-yellow

Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia)

Yellow

Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) - in hedgerows

Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

Bristly Ox-tongue (Picris echioides)

Tall Melilot (Melilotus altissimus) - roadsides, verges, wasteland and grassland.

Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)

Hop Trefoil (Trifolium campestre)

Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon / Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis)   

Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) - on the coast, cliffs etc.

Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum) - on the coast, cliffs etc.

Large Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus)

Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)

Nipplewort (Lapsana communis) - hedgerows and wasteland

Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)   

Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)

Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) - naturalised in hedgerows and gardens

Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa var. sylvestris)

Yellow Horned-Poppy (Glaucium flavum)

Pink

Betony (Stachys officinalis)

Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella) - bogs and wet areas

Burdock (Arctium minus) - in woodland, hedgerows and wasteland 

Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)     

Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) - coastal grassland

Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)

Dove's-foot Crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Lesser Knapweed / Hardheads (Centaurea nigra)

Long-stalked Crane's-bill (Geranium columbinum)

Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) - hedgerows, roadside and cultivated ground

Musk Thistle / Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)

Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)

Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)

Red Campion (Silene dioica)

Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifoilum)

Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

Water Mint (Mentha aquatica) - ponds, ditches and damp places.

Wild Thyme (Thymus polytrichus)     

Blue

Bugloss (Anchusa arvensis) - on cultivated ground and wasteland

Pale Flax (Linum bienne)

Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)

Water Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)

Silver / Grey

Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) - on cultivated ground and wasteland


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