For several years I have been recording all the wild plants which grow in Newton Blossomville
and in particular in our Millennium Field which used to be called Dove Close.
The following are lists of species found, with a few notes about some of the less common ones and a rough indication of their location (and when first seen).
The list is "under construction " from my notes.
I use CT&W and Francis Rose's books as my reference.
There are two lists, one of scientific names in the order they appear in
The Wild Flower Key, ISBN 0 7232 2418 8 by Francis Rose
and the other (yet to be sorted out) in English name alphabetical order.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES IN BOOK ORDER Lythrum salicaria Rumex acetosa
Plant list for the whole Parish of Newton Blossomville
SCIENTIFIC NAME
ENGLISH NAME
LOCATION
NOTES
Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup
many
Ranunculus acris
Meadow buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus
bulbous buttercup
Ranunculus arvensis
corn buttercup
M.field
only 1
Ranunculus auricomus
goldilocks buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
celery-leaved buttercup
Ranunculus ficaria
lesser celandine
Caltha palustris
marsh marigold
Gt. Holm
v. few
Anemone nemorosa
wood anemone
Clematis vitalba
traveller’s joy
Mahonia aquifolium
Oregon grape
Berberis vulgaris
barberry
Hedge. Turvey lane
1
Nuphar lutea
yellow water lily
Nymphaea alba
white water lily
Papaver rhoeas
common poppy
Papaver dubium
long headed poppy
on walls
Papaver somniferum
opium poppy
old ry line
Chelidonium majus
greater celandine
roadside
Fumaria officinalis
common fumitory
Corydalis lutea
yellow corydalis
high st. by walls
Sinapis arvensis
charlock
Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge mustard
Cheiranthus cheiri
wallflower
old walls
Cardamine flexuosa
wavy bitter cress
Cardamine hirsuta
hairy bitter cress
Cardamine pratensis
cuckoo flower or lady’s smock
church path
Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum
watercress
Alliaria petiolata
Garlic mustard
Thlaspi arvense
field penny cress
Coronopus squamatus
swine cress
Capsella bursa-pastoris
shepherd’s purse
Erophila verna
common whitlow grass
Armoracia rusticana
horse radish
slade path
Linum catharticum
fairy flax
Coster pits
Impatiens glandulifera
Indian balsam
Impatiens noli-me-tangere
Touch-me-not
Gt. Holm
now rare
Hypericum perforatum
perforate
M. Field
Hypericum hirsutum
hairy
Hypericum calycinum
rose of
Viola riviniana
Common dog violet
Hardmead Rd.
Viola reichenbachiana
early dog violet
Hardmead Rd.
Viola hirta
hairy violet
Viola odorata
sweet violet
Silene alba
white campion
slade gallop
Silene dioica
red campion
Silene vulgaris
bladder campion
slade gallop sand
Stellaria media
common chickweed
Stellaria holostea
greater stitchwort
Stellaria pallida
lesser chickweed
Cerastium holosteoides
common mouse ear
Cerastium glomeratum
sticky mouse ear
Arenaria serpyllifolia
thyme leaved sandwort
Sagina procumbens
procumbent sandwort
Chenopodium album
fat hen
Atriplex patula
common orache
Malva sylvestris
common mallow
Malva moschata
musk mallow
Geranium robertianum
herb Robert
gardens
Geranium pusillum
small flowered cranesbill
Geranium molle
dove’s foot cranesbill
Geranium dissectum
cut leaved cranesbill
Geranium pyrenaicum
hedgerow cranesbill
Oxalis acetosella
wood sorrel
Ononis repens
restharrow
Hardmead Rd.
Laburnum anagyroides
laburnum
Astragalus glycyphyllos
milk vetch or wild liquorice
Old railway
Trifolium pratense
red clover
Trifolium repens
white clover
Trifolium campestre
hop trefoil
Vicia cracca
tufted vetch
Vicia sepium
bush vetch
Vicia sativa
common vetch
Vicia tetrasperma
smooth tare
Lathyrus pratensis
meadow vetchlling
Lathyrus latifolius
broad leaved everlasting pea
Old railway
Melilotus officinalis
ribbed melilot
Old railway
now rare
Medicago lupulina
black medick
Lotus corniculatus
birds foot trefoil
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Prunus avium
wild cherry
Prunus cerasus
cherry
planted
Prunus spinosa
blackthorn or sloe
Malus sylvestris
crab apple
Crataegus monogyna
hawthorn
Crataegus laevigata
midland hawthorn
wood footpath
only 1
Rosa rubiginosa
sweet briar
Rosa canina
dog rose
Rubus fruticosus agg.
Blackberries
Potentilla fruticosa
shrubby cinquefoil
Potentilla recta
sulphur cinquefoil
Potentilla reptans
creeping cinquefoil
Potentilla anserina
silverweed
path to river
Potentila sterilis
barren strawberry
Agrimonia eupatoria
agrimony
Poterium sanguisorba
salad burnet
Coster pits
Filipendula ulmaria
meadowsweet
Gt Holm
Geum urbanum
wood avens
Saxifraga tridactylites
rue leaved saxifrage
top of old walls
Sedum reflexum
reflexed stonecrop
walls
Sedum acre
biting stonecrop
walls
Sedum anglicum
English stonecrop
walls
Umbilicus rupestris
wall pennywort
Epilobium montanum
broad leaved willow herb
Epilobium hirsutum
great willow herb
Epilobium palustre
marsh willow herb
Chamaenerion angustifolium
rosebay willow herb
Circaea lutetiana
enchanter’s nightshade
wood
purple loosestrife
Mercurialis perennis
dog’s mercury
Hardmead rd. Wood
Urtica dioica
stinging nettle
Urtica urens
small nettle
garden weed
Parietaria diffusa
pellitory of the wall
Rail bridges
Humulus lupulus
hop
By slade brook
Bryonia dioica
white bryony
Daphne laureola
spurge lurel
Hardmead rd hedges
Ilex aquifolium
holly
Hedera helix
ivy
Thelycrania sanguinea
dogwood
Rhamnus catharticus
buckthorn
Euonymus europaeus
spindle
school gate
Quercus robur
pedunculate oak
Fagus sylvatica
beech
planted
Carpinus betulus
hornbeam
Corylus avellana
hazel
Acer campestre
field maple
Acer pseudoplatanus
sycamore
Aesculus hippocastanum
horse chestnut
Ulmus procera
English elm
Fraxinus excelior
ash
Salix alba
White willow
Salix alba var. coeruleaa
cricket bat willow
planted by river
Salix babylonica
weeping willow
Salix caprea
goat willow
Salix cinerea
grey willow
Populus tremula
poplar
Populus tremula var. italica
Lombardy poplar
Euphorbia helioscopia
sun spurge
Euphorbia peplus
petty spurge
Euphorbia lathyrus
caper spurge
Anthriscus sylvestris
cow parsley
Torilis japonica
upright hedge parsley
Chaerophyllum temulentum
rough chervil
Conium maculatum
hemlock
Aethusa cynapium
fool’s parsley
Pimpinella saxifrage
burnet saxifrage
Angelica sylvestris
wild angelica
Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed
Silaum silaus
pepper saxifrage
Apium nodiflorum
fool’s watercress
Daucus carota
wild carrot
Rumex sanguineus
wood dock
Rumex conglomeratus
clustered dock
Rumex obtusifolius
broad leaved dock
Rumex crispus
curled dock
common sorrel
Polygonum aviculare
knotgrass
Polygonum persicaria
redshank
Polygonum amphibium
amphibious bistort
Polygonum convolvulus
black bindweed
Primula vulgaris
primrose
Primula veris
cowslip
Lysimachia vulgaris
yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia nummularia
creeping jenny
Anagallis arvensis
scarlet pimpernel
Vinca minor
lesser periwinkle
Vinca major
Greater Periwinkle
Ligustrum vulgare
wild privet
Polemonium caeruleum
Jacob’s Ladder
gardens
Convolvulus arvensis
field bindweed
Calystegia sepium
Hedge bindweed
Lycium halmifolium
Duke of Argyll’s Tea Plant
wall n village
Solanum dulcamara
bittersweet
Verbascum thapsus
Great Mullein
Scrophularia nodosa
Common Figwort
ditches
Scrophularia aquatica
Water figwort
Digitalis purpurea
foxglove
Linaria vulgaris
Common Toadflax
Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon
old walls in village
Veronica chamaedrys
Germander speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
Thyme-leaved speedwell
Veronica persica
Common Field speedwell
Veronica polita
Grey field Speedwell
Veronica agrestis
Green Field Speedwell
Veronica arvensis
wall speedwell
Veronica filiformis
Slender speedwell
Veronica hederifolia
Ivy-leaved Speedwell
Odontites verna
Red Bartsia
M.Field
Mentha aquatica
Water Mint
Mentha arvensis
Corn Mint
Lycopus europaeus
Gipsywort
Thymus drucei
Wild Thyme
Lamium purpureum
Red deadnettle
Lamium hybridum
Cut-leaved deadnettle
slade arable weed
1 year only
Lamium amplexicaule
Henbit Deadnettle
Lamium album
White Deadnettle
Galeopsis angustifolia
Red Hemp nettle
Glechoma hederacea
Ground ivy
Stachys sylvatica
Hedge woundwort
Stachys palustris
Marsh woundwort
Betonica officinalis
Betony
Ballota nigra
Black Horehound
Prunella vulgaris
Self heal
Ajuga reptans
Bugle
Myosotis scorpioides
Water forget-me-not
Myosotis arvensis
Field Forget-me-not
Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago major
Greater plantain
Plantago media
hoary plantain
Coster pits
Campanula rotundifolia
Harebell
Sambucus nigra
Elder
Viburnum lantana
Wayfaring Tree
Lonicera periclymenum
Honeysuckle
Valeriana officinalis
Common Valerian
ditch in wood
now gone
Centranthus rubber
Red Valerian
walls
Galium mollugo
Hedge Bedstraw
Galium aparine
cleavers
Galium verum
Lady’s Bedstraw
Dipsacus fullonium
Teasel
Knautia arvensis
field scabious
Slade gallop
Senecio jacobea
Common Ragwort
Senecio squalidus
Oxford Ragwort
Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel
Solidago virgaurea
Goldenrod
M.Field
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Oxeye daisy
Chrysanthemum parthenium
Feverfew
Bellis perennis
Daisy
Tussilago farfara
Colt’s foot
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow
Tripleurospermum maritimum
Scentless Mayweed
Matricaria recutita
Scented mayweed
Anthemis cotula
Stinking Chamomile
Matricaria matricarioides
Rayless mayweed (Pineappleweed)
paths, gateways
Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort
Cirsium vulgare
Spear thistle
Cirsium palustre
Marsh Thistle
Cirsium arvense
creeping Thistle
Cirsium acaulon
Dwarf or Stemless Thistle
Cirsium nutans
Musk Thistle
Costre Pits
now rare
Centaurea nigra
Black knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
Greater Knapweed
Arctium minus
Lesser Burdock
Arctium lappa
greater Burdock
very few
Echinops sphaerocephalus
Globe Thistle
gardens
Taraxacum officinale agg.
Dandelion
Tragopogon pratensis
Goat’s beard
Lactuca serriola
Prickly Lettuce
Leontodon hispidus
Rough Hawkbit
Lapsana communis
Nipplewort
Crepis capillaris
Smooth Hawksbeard
Picris echoides
Bristly Oxtongue
Pilosella officinarum
Mouse-ear hawkweed
Sonchus palustris
marsh Sow-thistle
Sonchus arvensis
perennial Sow-thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Smooth Sow-thistle
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Common Water Plantain
Tamus communis
Black Bryony
Hyacynthoides non-scriptus
Bluebell
Hyacynthoides hispanica
Spanish Bluebell
Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Iris
Iris foetidissima
Stinking Iris
Arum maculatum
Lords and Ladies
Listera ovata
Common Twayblade
wood
Orchis mascula
early purple orchid
wood
Anacamptis pyramidalis
Pyramidal orchid
Coster pits
Gymnadenia conopsea
Fragrant Orchid
Coster pits
only 1 found
Dactylorhiza fuchsia
Common Spotted Orchid
Callitiche stagnalis
Water Starwort
Callitriche intermedia
Intermediate Water starwort
Lemna minor
Common Duckweed
Lemna polyrhiza
Greater Duckweed
Lemna trisulca
Ivy-leaved Duckweed
Juncus conglomeratus
Common Rush
Juncus effusus
Soft rush
Luzula sylvatica
Great Wood-rush
Carex sylvatica
Wood sedge
LIST NOT YET COMPLETED
GRASSES
Reference for Grasses is C.E.Hubbard "Grasses", Pelican books.
Festuca rubra
Glyceria fluitans
Poa annua
Poa triviales
Poa
Cynosuros cristatus
Agrostis stolonifera
Alopecurus pratensis