Wild herbaceous plants in Radley

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The following lists, in approximate order of flowering, some of the various herbaceous plants found growing in the wild in Radley.

Coltsfoot (Tussilego farfara L.)
Chickweed (Stellaria media L.)
Thale Cress (Arabidoptis thaliana L.)
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris L.)
Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris L.)
Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum L.)
White Deadnettle (Lamium album L.)
Daisy (Bellis perennis L.)
Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria L.)
Violet (Viola odorata L.)
Lady's Smock/ Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis L.)
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa L.)
Buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.)
Cowslip (Primulus veris L.)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea L.)
Oxford Ragwort (Senecio squalidus L.)
Rape (Brassica napus L.)
Dove's-foot Cranesbill (Geranium molle L.)
Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris L.)
Garlic Mustard/ Jack-by-the-Hedge (Allaria petiolata L.)
Greater Stichwort (Stellaria holostea L.)
Hairy Bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta L.)
Greater Periwinkle (Vinca major L.)
Bluebell (Endymion non-scriptus L.)
Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia L.)
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica Poiret)
Common Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis L.)
Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica L.)
Water violet (Hottonia palustris L.)
Common Corn Salad/ Lamb's Lettuce (Valerianella locusta L.)
Red Campion (Silene dioica L.)
White Campion (Silene alba E.H.L.)
Red Campion (Silene dioica)*
Evergreen Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens Tausch.)
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa L.)
Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis L.)
Honesty (Lunaria annua L.)
Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon L.)
Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor)*
Yellow Rocket/ Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris R.Br.)
Wild Mignonette (Reseda Lutea L.)
Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum L.)
Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale L.)
Hoary Cress (Cardaria draba L.)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum L.)
Small-flowered cranesbill (Geranium pusillum L.)
Cut-leaved Cranesbill (Geranium dissectum L.)
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.)
Hop Trefoil (Trifolium campestre Schreb.)
Herb Bennet/Wood Avens (Geum urbanum L.)
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa L.)
Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray)
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum Baumg.)
Ox-eye Daisy/Marguerite (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum L.)
Smooth Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.)
Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper L.)
Cat's Ear (Hypochoeris radica L.)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus L.)
Marsh Bedstraw (Galium palustre L.)
Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi L.)*
Silverweed (Potentilla anserina L.)*
Hedgerow Cranesbill (Geranium pyrenaicum Burm.f.)
Beaked Hawk's Beard (Crepis vesicaria L.)
Yellow flag/ Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus L.)
Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara L.)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.)
White Clover (Trifolium repens L.)
Lucerne/ Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare L.)
White Bryony (Bryony dioica Jacq.)
Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis L.)
Lesser Trefoil (Trifolium dubium)
Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata L.)
Weld/ Dyer's Rocket (Reseda luteola L.)*
Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke.)
Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris L.)
Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris L.)*
Jacobs Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum L.)
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica L.)
Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla xanthochlora Rothm.)
Hogweed/Cow Parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium L.)
Goosegrass (Galium aparine L.)
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium L.)
Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas L.)
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica L.)
Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense L.)
Common Meadow Rue (Thalictrum flavum L.)*
Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca L.)
Agrimony (Agrimonia euptoria L.)*
Biting stonecrop/ Wallpepper(Sedum acre L.)
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.)*
Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria L.)
Broadleaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.)
Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis cappilaris L.)
Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum L.)
Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium augustifolium L.)*
Hoary Plantain (Plantago media L.)
Water Figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.)
Welted Thistle (Carduus acanthoides)
Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense L.)
White Melilot (Melilotus alba Medic.)
Tall Melilot (Melilotus altissima Thuill.)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim.)
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea Rafn.)*
Common St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.)
Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.)*
Fool's Watercress (Apium modiflorum L.)
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.)
White water-lily (Nymphaea alba L.)
Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.)*
Aaron's Rod (Verbascum thapsus L.)
Bristly Ox-tongue (Pieris echoides L.)
Great Burdock (Arctium lappa L.)*
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus Bernh.)*
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens L.)
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra L.)
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium (L.))
Grass vetchling (Lathyrus nissolia L.)
Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla Reptans L.)
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.)
Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule Scop.)
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Monkey flower (Mimulus guttatus DC.)
Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum L.)*
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis L.)*
Large Flowered Evening Primrose (Oenothera erythrosepala Borbas, syn. O. glazioviana Micheli ex C.Martins )*
Small-flowerd hairy willowherb (Epilodium parviflorum Schreb.)*
Red Bartsia (Odontites verna (Bell.) Dum.)
Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer L.)
Fool's Parsley (Aethusa cynapium L.)
Michaelmas Daisy (Aster novi-belgii L.)
Red-veined Dock/Wood Dock (Rumex sanguineus L.)
Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum L.)
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.)
Arrowhead (Saggitaria saggitifolia L.)
Water Mint (Mentha aquatica L.)*
Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris L.)
Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.)
Marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris L.)

Cardamine pratensis photographed 26 April 2006 by L Pasquire

Cuckoo flower (26 April 2006)

Cow Parsley, photographed 16 May 2004 by L J Pasquire

Cow Parsley (16 May 2004)

Garlic Mustard photographed 14 May 2005 by B Crowley

Garlic Mustard (14 May 2005)

Yellow Flag Iris (6 June 2005)

Ox-eye daisies (12 June 2004)

Ox-eye daisies (12 June 2004)

Hogweed (12 June 2004)

Welted Thistle (12 June 2004)

Fleabane, photographed 17 July 2005 by B Crowley

Fleabane (17 July 2005)*

Teasel, photographed 29/07/05 by B Crowley

Teasel (29 July 2005)*


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