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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.

Verbascum blattaria - Moth Mullein    fl. side-view    fl. reverse    leaf    rosette    capsule    plant
Chelson Meadow Refuse Site, Plymouth, Devon. 14.08.06 (Strictly Private Location)

Verbascum phlomoides - Orange Mullein
flower close-up     flower side-view     thumb scale     leaf upperside     leaf underside
Kindly verified by the referee and NCCPG National Collection holder Vic Johnstone.
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 29.07.07 (Private Location)

Verbascum sp. ? - Mullein (Garden Escape)
Disturbed soil. Railway Embankment, near Warleigh Point, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth. 08.07.04
(Public Location) SX 447 605

Verbascum sp. ? - Mullein (Garden Escape)     leaf     flower bud
Dis-used Railway. Plym Cycleway between Bickleigh and Shaugh, nr. Plymouth.
05.09.04 (Public Location)

Verbena bonariensis - Argentinian Vervain (Garden Escape)     flower side-view     leaf
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.07.05 (Private Location)

Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium - Large Speedwell     leaf upper     leaf under     plant
Wixenford, nr. Chelson Meadow, Plymouth, Devon. 21.05.07 (Public Location)

Veronica filiformis - Slender / Round-leaved Speedwell (Alien Weed)     fl. close-up     leaf
Goodameavy, Bickleigh, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 15.04.06 (Public Location)

Veronica persica - Persian Speedwell (Alien Weed)     leaf upper     leaf under     capsule
Open Woodland. Plym Bridge Woods 19.04.04 (Public Location) SX 524 589

Vinca difformis - Intermediate Periwinkle (Cultivated)     leaf
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. (Private Location)

Vinca major - Greater Periwinkle (Garden Escape)     leaves
Hedge. Plym Bridge Road, Estover, Plymouth. 18.09.04 (Public Location)

Vinca major - Greater Periwinkle (white form) -  (Garden Escape)
Durnford Street (South), Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon. 22.04.05 (Public Location)

Vinca major var. oxyloba - Greater Periwinkle (Naturalised, probable Garden Escape)     leaf
Hedgerow / roadside. Car park, Orley Common, nr. Ipplepen, Devon. 13.06.05 (Public Location)

Vinca major 'Variegata' - Variegated Greater Periwinkle - leaves (Garden Escape)
Hedgebank on Elburton footpath, Chittleburn Hill, Brixton, Plymouth.
05.12.04 (Public Location)

Viola labradorica - Labrador Violet (Cultivated)
Rowden Gardens, Brentor, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 05.04.05 (Private Location)

Viola x wittrockiana - Garden Pansy     flower close-up     leaf     another plant
Wasteland. Grantley Gardens, Mannamead, Plymouth, Devon. 17.07.05 (Public Location)

Yucca gloriosa - Adam's Needle / Spanish Dagger     flower side-view     in bud     whole plant
Warren Point, Dawlish Warren NNR, nr. Dawlish, Devon. 21.01.06 (Public Location)

Yucca recurvifolia - Curved-leaved Spanish-dagger
Blaxton Meadow, Saltram NT, Plymouth, Devon. 18.09.05 (Public Location)

Zantedeschia aetheopica - Altar Lily
Streamside. Near Church Cove, Lizard Village, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall.
10.06.06 (Public Location)


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