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Wildflower Families
Botanists have organised the plant world into 'families'. A few of the most common families are listed here, with links to pages of species pictures and more information.
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The Cranesbill family (not to be confused with cultivated geraniums, which are really pelargoniums) includes herb robert and the various cranesbills and storksbills. |
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The Primrose family includes wintergreen chickweed, scarlet pimpernel and creeping loosestrife (yellow pimpernel) as well as the more obvious cowslips, oxlips and primroses. |
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The Rose family includes silverweed, strawberry, wood avens and tormentil as well as the more obvious dog rose of the hedgerow and burnet rose of coastal paths. |
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The Buttercup family includes water crowfoot and marsh marigold as well as many species of meadow buttercups. |
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The Pea family includes the gorse, broom, lupins, vetches, clovers and trefoils. |
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The Mint family includes the various deadnettles, woundworts, wild thyme, self-heal and a great many more. |
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The Pinks family includes several campion species as well as ragged robin and the stitchworts. |
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