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Alien Species and Garden Escapes

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The following page contains alien (non-British) species found growing wild
in a variety of habitats, and plants considered garden escapes,
which occur in the wild by various means, including seed spread by birds,
other animals and the wind; to dumping by human beings.

Calendula officinalis - Pot Marigold     yellow-flwd. form     fl. side-view     leaf     seed head
In wall. St. Andrews Cross, Plymouth, Devon. 02.06.05 (Public Location)

Callistephus chinensis - China Aster     flower reverse      bud     leaf     plant
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.07 (Private Location)

Calystegia pulchra - Hairy Bindweed (Alien Weed)   fl. side-view   wavy-edged pedicel   leaf
Garden weed. Swathmore, Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon. 21.06.05 (Public Location)

Calystegia silvatica - Great Bindweed     flower side-view     bracteoles     leaf
Hedgerow. Hooe Lake, Hooe, Plymouth, Devon. 27.06.05 (Public Location)

Campanula portenschlagiana - Dalmatian / Adria Bellflower (Garden Escape)     leaf
Limestone wall. Hyde Park, Plymouth, Devon. (Public Location)

Campanula poscharskyana - Trailing Bellflower (Garden Escape)   sepals    leaf   leaf underside
Riverbank. Stara Wood, North Hill, S.E. Cornwall. 25.06.05 (Public Location)

Cannabis sativa - Hemp / Cannabis (Alien Weed)     
lf. above    lf. below    male flwd. plant    female flwd. plant    female flws.     seed head     plant
Wasteground, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 22.08.04 (Public Location)

Capsella rubella - Red Shepherd's-Purse     
flower close-up   leaves     capsule     plant     Capsella capsule comparisons
Roadside. West End of Union Street Plymouth, Devon. 23.05.07 (Public Location)

Cardamine corymbosa - New Zealand Bitter-cress     seed head
Floral container, Seaton Beach Cafe, Seaton, Cornwall. 24.09.05 (Public Location)

Cardaria draba - Hoary Cress (Alien Weed)     flower close-up     leaf     capsule     plant
Footpath beside Ernesettle Sewage Works, Plymouth, Devon. 06.04.05 (Public Location)

Carduus pycnocephalus - Plymouth Thistle     flower close-up     buds     leaf     stem
Limestone cliff. Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. 05.05.05 (Public Location)

Carpobrotus edulis var. edulis - Hottentot Fig     fruit     habitat
Naturalised. Downderry Beach, nr. Looe, Cornwall. 16.08.04 (Public Location)

Carpobrotus edulis var. rubescens - Hottentot Fig     leaves     habitat
Naturalised. Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. 05.05.05 (Public Location)

Carthamus tinctorius - Safflower -1     fl. close-up     lf. above     lf. below     plant     seed head
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.06 (Private Location)

Carthamus tinctorius - Safflower -2     fl. close-up     plant
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 07.10.07 (Private Location)

Carthamus tinctorius - Safflower -3     flower close-up     flower side-view     leaf
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.06 (Private Location)

Centaurea montana - Perennial Cornflower     flower side-view     phyllaries     leaf
Verge. Plym Valley Railway, Coypool, Plymouth, Devon. 09.05.05 (Public Location)

Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian (Garden Escape / Naturalised)     flowers close-up     leaves
Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 14.05.04 (Public Location) SX 461 533

Centranthus ruber (white flowered form) - Red Valerian  (Garden Escape / Naturalised)
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. 04.06.04 (Public Location) SX 949 637

Centranthus ruber (red flowered form) - Red Valerian  (Garden Escape / Naturalised)
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. 24.06.04 (Public Location) SX 949 637

Cerastium tomentosum - Dusty Miller / Snow in Summer (Garden Escape)     leaves
On wall. West Park, Plymouth, Devon. 27.04.05 (Public Location)

Cerinthe major 'Purpurescens' - Honeywort (Garden Escape)     young plant     leaf
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 14.10.06 (Private Location)

Chaenorrhinum organifolium - Malling Toadflax     
flower close-up     flower side-view     leaves     leaves side-view     plant
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.06 (Private Location)

Chenopodium quinoa - Quinoa (purple form) (Alien Weed)     fl. close-up     leaf     stem
yellow-green form     yellow-green close-up     orange     orange-pink     red
From South America, similar to Fat Hen, planted as a winter food for birds.
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (DWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 03.09.05 (Public Location)

Chlorophytum comosum - Spider Plant (Garden Escape)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 10.09.04 (Private Location)

Cicerbita macrophylla ssp. uralensis - Common Blue-sow-thistle (Alien Weed)     fl. side-view
fl. close-up     inflorescence     basal leaf     basal leaf hairs     middle leaf     upper leaf     plant
Manamead Road, near Manadon Roundabout, Plymouth, Devon. 04.07.06 (Public Location)

Clarkia amoena - Godetia (Garden Escape)
Wasteland. Grantley Gardens, Mannamead, Plymouth, Devon. 17.07.05 (Public Location)

Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty (Alien Weed)     flowers
Disturbed soil. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
15.05.04 (Private Location) SX 503 592

Claytonia sibirica - Pink Purslane (Alien Weed)     white flowered form     leaf     small plant
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 16.05.04 (Public Location) SX 518 581

Cleome spinosa - Spider Flower     flower side-view     leaf     seed pod     plant
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.06 (Private Location)

Coincya monensis ssp. cheiranthos - Wallflower Cabbage     
flowers side-view     basal leaf     stem leaf     seed pods     plant
Dunes. Par Beach, Par, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Convolvulus tricolor - Tricolour Convolvulus     leaves
Road verge. Seaton, Cornwall. 24.09.05 (Public Location)

Conyza canadensis - Canadian Fleabane (Alien Weed)     flower close-up     leaf     leaf hairs
Chelson Meadow Fringe / Saltram, Plymouth, Devon. 31.07.04 (Public Location)

Conyza floribuna (syn. C. bilbaoana) - Bilbao Fleabane (Alien Weed)
fl. side-view     stem leaf     lf. edge (hairs)     hispid stem     seed head     plant     young rosette
Old parade ground, Seaton Barracks, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon. 27.10.06 (Public Location)

Conyza sumatrensis - Guernsey Fleabane (Alien Weed)
fl. close-up     fl. side-view     lf. above     lf. below     lf. edge (hairs)     pubescent stem
Wasteground. End of Cattewater Rd., Cattedown, Plymouth, Devon. 27.10.06 (Public Location)

Coreopsis grandiflora - Large-flowered Tickseed     fl. close-up     fl. reverse     lf. up.     lf. un.
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 15.07.07 (Private Location)

Coronopus didymus - Lesser Swinecress (Alien Weed)     leaf rosette
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 22.06.04 (Private Location) SX 503 592

Corydalis lutea - Yellow Corydalis (Garden Escape)     leaf
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 07.05.05 (Private Location)

Crassula helmsii - New Zealand Pygmyweed (Alien)     flower close-up     habitat
Pond margins. Cadover Lakes, Cadover, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 24.07.06 (Public Location)

Crepis visicaria - Beaked Hawk's-beard     flower close-up     buds     leaf
Grassland. Mount Wise, Plymouth, Devon. 09.05.06 (Public Location)

Crocosmia paniculata (syn. Antholyza and Curtonus) - Aunt Liza (Garden Escape)
flower close-up     flower side-view     leaves     plants
Coxpark, nr. St. Anne's Chapel, Cornwall. 07.08.05 (Public Location)

Crocosmia paniculata 'Natal' (syn. Antholyza and Curtonus) - Aunt Liza (Garden Escape)
Downderry Beach, nr. Looe, Cornwall. 16.08.04 (Public Location)

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora - Montbretia (Garden Escape / Naturalised)     typical habitat
Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 09.08.04  (Public Location)

Cucurbita maxima - Pumpkin     flower side-view     leaf     fruit
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.06 (Private Location)

Cucurbita pepo - Marrow     leaf     fruit
Chelson Meadow Refuse Site, Plymouth, Devon. 14.08.06 (Strictly Private Location)

Cyclamen hederifolium - Cyclamen / Sowbread (Garden Escape)     fl. face-view
Hedge. Bickleigh Down Road, Roborough, Plymouth, Devon. 30.08.04 (Public Location)

Cyclamen repandum - Spring Sowbread     leaf     plants
Naturalised. Churchyard, Newton Ferrers, Devon. 10.04.07 (Public Location)

Cymbalaria muralis - Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Garden Escape / Naturalised)     leaf
Walls. Devil's Point, Plymouth. 06.05.04 (Public Location) SX 464 534

Cymbalaria muralis - Ivy-leaved Toadflax (white form)     flower side-view     leaf     plant
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 06.05.07 (Private Location)

Cymbalaria pallida - Italian Toadflax (white form)     flower side-view     leaves
Naturalised. Rowden Gardens, Brentor, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 24.07.07 (Private Location)

Cynara cardunculus - Globe Artichoke
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 09.07.04 (Private Location) SX 503 592


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