Herbs

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

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Click here to see the list of recorded species with no photograph.

Recorded species with no photograph

March

• Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastorisL.)
• Thale Cress (Arabidoptis thaliana L.)
• Lungwort (Pulmonaria angustifolia L.)
• Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa L.)

April

• Buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.)
• Hairy Bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta L.)
• Greater Periwinkle (Vinca major L.)
• Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifoliaL.)
• Common Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensisL.)
• Corn Salad/ Lamb’s Lettuce (Valerianella locusta L.)

May

• Rape (Brassica napus L.)
• Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamaraL.)
• Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke.)
• Jacobs Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum L.)
• Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica L.)
• Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla xanthochloraRothm.)
• Goosegrass (Galium aparine L.)
• Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria L.)
• Smooth Hawk’s-beard (Crepis capillaris L.)
• Hoary Plantain (Plantago media L.)
• Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens L.)

June

• Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum Baumg.)
• Lesser Trefoil (Trifolium dubium)
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.)
• Common St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.)
• Fool’s Watercress (Apium modiflorum L.)

July

• White water-lily (Nymphaea alba L.)
• Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium (L.))
• Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.)
• Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule Scop.)
• Fool’s Parsley (Aethusa cynapium L.)
• Red-veined Dock/Wood Dock (Rumex sanguineus L.)
• Arrowhead (Saggitaria saggitifolia L.)
• Narrow Leaved Bird’s-foot Trefoil (Lotus glaber Mill., syn. (i) Lotus corniculatus L. ssp. tenuifolius (L.) P.Fourn., (ii) L. tenuisWilld.)
• Pink Water Speedwell (Veronica catenataPennell)
• Spear-Leaved Orache (Atriplex hastata L.)
• Greater Plantain (Plantago major L.)
• Red Goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum L.)
• Canadian Fleabane (Conyza canadensis(L.))
• Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum Baumg.)
• Clustered Dock / Sharp Dock (Rumex conglomeratus Murr.)
• Square-stemmed Willowherb (Epilobium tetragonum L.)
• Redshank/ Red Shank (Persicaria maculosaGray, syn. Polygonum persicaria L.)

August

• Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.)

Related links

• Find Wildflowers Online
• Paul Nielsen’s British Flora Gallery
• Natural History Museum – Plants and Fungi
• Oxford Rare Plants Group
• New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (book)
• English Nature Plant Identification Guides
• Skye Flora