Gallery - Red Flowers

Amphibious Bistort (Persicaria amphiba)

Perennial of ponds and nearby dry land. Aquatic form has floating stems.

Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)

Hairless, evergreen undershrub of acid soils.

Bittersweet (Woody Nightshade) (Solanum dulcamara)

Downy,scrambling perennial growing in hedgerows and scrub.

Common Bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

Attractive perennial of damp meadows

Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)

Variable, hairless annual found in dry, grassy places including verges, chalk downland and sand dunes.

Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)

Scrambling annual of well drained arable land

Common Knapweed (Centaurea niga)

Downy or hairy perennial that grows in a wide variety of grassy places.

Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris)

Upright or spreading perennial of grassy verges and disturbed ground.

Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Annual of arable land and disturbed ground.

Common Restharrow (Ononis repens)

Robust creeping woody perennial.

Common Vetch (Vica sativa)

Scrambling,downy annual of grassy places and hedgerows.

Doves-foot Cranes-bill (Geranium molle)

Spreading,branched,extremely hairy annual of dry grassy places.

Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule)

Creeping, flattened perennial with a characteristic rosette of extremely spiny leaves.

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Familiar perennial that grows in disturbed ground and arable land.

Flowering Currant

Garden escapee

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Familiar greyish, downey biennial or short lived perennial.

Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)

Downy perennial with a round stem. Favours damp habitats such as fens and river banks.

Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)

Elegant perennial of dry, mainly calcareous, grassland.

Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)

Roughly hairy perennial with creeping stems, upright flower stalks. Grows in hedgerows, wayside ground and verges, often on disturbed ground.

Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)

Tall upright downy perennial of damp grassland, a favourite with the butterflies.

Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum)

Straggling, hairy annual of shady hedgerows, rocky banks and woodlands.

Hounds-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)

Upright,downy biennial that smells strongly of mice.

Lousewort (Pedicularis sylvatica)

Spreading, hairless perennial with numerous branching stems. Semi-parasitic on the roots of other plants. Grows on damp heaths,moors and bogs, usually on acid soils.

Marsh Pea (Lathyrus palustris)

Slender, climbing perennial with winged stems. Found in fens and damp grassy places on calcareous soils.

Moss Campion (Silene acaulis)

Seen on Keen of Hamar, Shetland

Musk-mallow (Malva moschata)

Branched hairy perennial found in dry grassy places such as woodland rides.

Pink Purslane (Claytonia sibirica)

Locally common. Damp, bare ground, usually in light shade.

Purple-loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Hairy plant to about 2m tall.

Ragged-robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)

Delecate looking perennial of damp meadows, fens and marshes.

Red Campion (Silene dioica)

Hairy biennial or perennial of hedgerows,grassy banks and wayside places.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

Familiar downy perennial found in grassy places on a wide range of soil types.

Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)

Branched, spreading, downy annual. Grows on disturbed ground and cultivated soils.

Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium)

Showy perennial of waste ground, cleared woodland and river banks.

Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)

Low-growing, hairless annual of cultivated and disturbed ground.

Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Upright biennial with stems that are downy and spiny-winged between the leaves. Grows in grassland and on disturbed ground.

Winter Heliotrope (P.fragans)

Has few larger, vanilla-scented flower-heads

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