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Flowering plants

1,856 species

Indian Balsam

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
62,045
Scientific name
Impatiens glandulifera

Common Nettle

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
53,331
Scientific name
Urtica dioica

Hawthorn

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
44,514
Scientific name
Crataegus monogyna

Ribwort Plantain

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
39,026
Scientific name
Plantago lanceolata

Hogweed

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
38,903
Scientific name
Heracleum sphondylium

Green Alkanet

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
37,435
Scientific name
Pentaglottis sempervirens

Creeping Buttercup

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
35,825
Scientific name
Ranunculus repens

Creeping Thistle

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
35,350
Scientific name
Cirsium arvense

Garlic Mustard

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
35,141
Scientific name
Alliaria petiolata

Cleavers

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
35,139
Scientific name
Galium aparine

Ash

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
35,025
Scientific name
Fraxinus excelsior

Sycamore [tree]

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
34,632
Scientific name
Acer pseudoplatanus

Hazel

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
33,120
Scientific name
Corylus avellana

Holly

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
32,893
Scientific name
Ilex aquifolium

White Clover

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
31,709
Scientific name
Trifolium repens

Herb-Robert

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
31,116
Scientific name
Geranium robertianum

Japanese Knotweed

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
30,167
Scientific name
Reynoutria japonica

Daisy

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
29,849
Scientific name
Bellis perennis

Yorkshire-fog

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
29,834
Scientific name
Holcus lanatus

Cow Parsley

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
29,713
Scientific name
Anthriscus sylvestris

Blackthorn

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
28,574
Scientific name
Prunus spinosa

Cock's-foot

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
28,426
Scientific name
Dactylis glomerata

Elder

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
28,375
Scientific name
Sambucus nigra

Red Campion

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
28,333
Scientific name
Silene dioica

Selfheal

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
28,118
Scientific name
Prunella vulgaris

Yarrow

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
27,652
Scientific name
Achillea millefolium

Common Ragwort

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
27,539
Scientific name
Jacobaea vulgaris

Meadowsweet

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
27,430
Scientific name
Filipendula ulmaria

Giant Hogweed

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
27,203
Scientific name
Heracleum mantegazzianum

Wood Avens

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
26,690
Scientific name
Geum urbanum

Beech

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
26,555
Scientific name
Fagus sylvatica

Cuckooflower

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
25,770
Scientific name
Cardamine pratensis

Spear Thistle

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
24,682
Scientific name
Cirsium vulgare

Ground-ivy

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
24,139
Scientific name
Glechoma hederacea

Pedunculate Oak

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
24,087
Scientific name
Quercus robur

Great Willowherb

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
24,020
Scientific name
Epilobium hirsutum

Heather

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
23,828
Scientific name
Calluna vulgaris

Red Clover

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
23,504
Scientific name
Trifolium pratense

Greater Plantain

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
23,502
Scientific name
Plantago major

Broad-leaved Dock

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
22,935
Scientific name
Rumex obtusifolius

Rowan

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
21,307
Scientific name
Sorbus aucuparia

Lesser Celandine

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
21,114
Scientific name
Ficaria verna

Meadow Buttercup

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
20,980
Scientific name
Ranunculus acris

Tormentil

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
20,922
Scientific name
Potentilla erecta

Garden Sorrel

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
20,829
Scientific name
Rumex acetosa