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Flowering plants

1,856 species

Hairy Bitter-cress

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
5,395
Scientific name
Cardamine hirsuta

Common Toadflax

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,393
Scientific name
Linaria vulgaris

Wall Speedwell

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,380
Scientific name
Veronica arvensis

Kidney Vetch

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,335
Scientific name
Anthyllis vulneraria

Heath Rush

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,286
Scientific name
Juncus squarrosus

Wayfaring Tree

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,181
Scientific name
Viburnum lantana

Fairy Flax

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,139
Scientific name
Linum catharticum

Wood Speedwell

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,106
Scientific name
Veronica montana

Snowdrop

Peak month
February
Records since 2000
5,071
Scientific name
Galanthus nivalis

Black Crowberry

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,057
Scientific name
Empetrum nigrum

Common Figwort

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,026
Scientific name
Scrophularia nodosa

Branched Bur-reed

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,001
Scientific name
Sparganium erectum

Sneezewort

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,982
Scientific name
Achillea ptarmica

Flowering Currant

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
4,952
Scientific name
Ribes sanguineum

Tansy

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,945
Scientific name
Tanacetum vulgare

Viper's Bugloss

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,846
Scientific name
Echium vulgare

Honesty

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
4,830
Scientific name
Lunaria annua

Heath Speedwell

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,824
Scientific name
Veronica officinalis

Quack Grass

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,798
Scientific name
Elymus repens

Sweet Violet

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
4,784
Scientific name
Viola odorata

Dotted Loosestrife

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,769
Scientific name
Lysimachia punctata

Sheep's-fescue

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,763
Scientific name
Festuca ovina

Wild Marjoram

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,725
Scientific name
Origanum vulgare

Thrift

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,703
Scientific name
Armeria maritima

Woodruff

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,693
Scientific name
Galium odoratum

Common Centaury

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,676
Scientific name
Centaurium erythraea

Least Duckweed

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,623
Scientific name
Lemna minuta

Water Figwort

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,605
Scientific name
Scrophularia auriculata

Compact Rush

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,601
Scientific name
Juncus conglomeratus

White Poplar

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,578
Scientific name
Populus alba

Small Burnet

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,541
Scientific name
Poterium sanguisorba

Common Poppy

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,491
Scientific name
Papaver rhoeas

Common Snowberry

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,471
Scientific name
Symphoricarpos albus

Great Wood-rush

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
4,470
Scientific name
Luzula sylvatica

Cherry Plum

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
4,436
Scientific name
Prunus cerasifera

Quaking-grass

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,392
Scientific name
Briza media

Sea Plantain

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,391
Scientific name
Plantago maritima

Star Sedge

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,380
Scientific name
Carex echinata

Caper Spurge

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,369
Scientific name
Euphorbia lathyris

Scentless Mayweed

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,357
Scientific name
Tripleurospermum inodorum