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Flowering plants

1,856 species

Bulbous Buttercup

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,662
Scientific name
Ranunculus bulbosus

Greater Celandine

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,651
Scientific name
Chelidonium majus

Wych Elm

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,614
Scientific name
Ulmus glabra

Bee Orchid

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,503
Scientific name
Ophrys apifera

Carnation Sedge

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,500
Scientific name
Carex panicea

Gypsywort

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
6,492
Scientific name
Lycopus europaeus

Wavy Bitter-cress

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,487
Scientific name
Cardamine flexuosa

Bearbind

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
6,477
Scientific name
Calystegia sepium

Barren Brome

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,383
Scientific name
Bromus sterilis

Borage

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,379
Scientific name
Borago officinalis

Purple Toadflax

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,373
Scientific name
Linaria purpurea

Canadian Waterweed

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
6,360
Scientific name
Elodea canadensis

Mistletoe

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
6,276
Scientific name
Viscum album

Wild Privet

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,265
Scientific name
Ligustrum vulgare

Hard Rush

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,248
Scientific name
Juncus inflexus

Barren Strawberry

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
6,239
Scientific name
Potentilla sterilis

Crosswort

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,186
Scientific name
Cruciata laevipes

Wild Strawberry

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,172
Scientific name
Fragaria vesca

Soft Brome

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,146
Scientific name
Bromus hordeaceus

Meadow Campion

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,145
Scientific name
Silene flos-cuculi

Mouse-ear-hawkweed

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,138
Scientific name
Pilosella officinarum

Mat-grass

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,125
Scientific name
Nardus stricta

Black Horehound

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,109
Scientific name
Ballota nigra

Sticky Mouse-ear

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
6,100
Scientific name
Cerastium glomeratum

Scarlet Pimpernel

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,084
Scientific name
Lysimachia arvensis

Timothy

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,033
Scientific name
Phleum pratense

Jointed Rush

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,027
Scientific name
Juncus articulatus

Stinking Iris

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,013
Scientific name
Iris foetidissima

Lilac

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,008
Scientific name
Syringa vulgaris

Red Valerian

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,970
Scientific name
Centranthus ruber

Eelgrass

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,884
Scientific name
Zostera marina

Hornbeam

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,848
Scientific name
Carpinus betulus

Opium Poppy

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,832
Scientific name
Papaver somniferum

Common Sedge

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,800
Scientific name
Carex nigra

Agrimony

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,759
Scientific name
Agrimonia eupatoria

Mother of Thyme

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,633
Scientific name
Thymus praecox

Yellow Pimpernel

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,601
Scientific name
Lysimachia nemorum

Large Gray Willow

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,535
Scientific name
Salix cinerea

Bird Cherry

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
5,516
Scientific name
Prunus padus

White Campion

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,458
Scientific name
Silene latifolia

Redshank [plant]

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,442
Scientific name
Persicaria maculosa