Gallery - Green Flowers

Adders Tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum)

A small and very unfern-like fern,easily overlooked in damp grassland and woodland.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

Sout, sometimes clump-forming, hairless biennial that likes waste ground, roadside verges and hedgerows.

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

Branched,hairless perennial that is either upright or prostrate. Young shoots are familiar vegetable.

Bulrush aka Great Reedmace (Typha latifolia)

Grows in freshwater margins.

Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)

Upright,branched or unbranched biennial, with stiff spines. Grows in dry calcareous grassland.

Greater Plantain (Plantago major)

Persistent, usually hairless perennial of lawns, disturbed grassland and arable land.

Greater Pond Sedge (Carex riparia)

Part of the sedge family

Hares-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)

Charming and distinctive annual covered in soft hairs. Found in dry, grassy areas, typically on sandy or gravelly soils.

Ivy (Hedera helix)

Evergreen, self-clinging climber that also carpets the ground.

Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum)

Perennial of woods and hedges.

Navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris)

Distinctive perennial found on walls and banks, often growing in partial shade.

Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica)

More Spurge

Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias)

more Spurge

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

The familiar stinging nettle

Sun Spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)

Flowering April-June in Weedy habitats, Gardens and fields.

Weld (Reseda luteola)

Locally common to abundant. Rough grassy places, verges, field margins and waste ground.

Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides)

Found in Deciduous woods

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