Wildflowers of Southern Europe... Andryala integrifolia - Andryala Anchusa azurea - Large Blue Alkanet Anthyllis vulneraria - Kidney Vetch Asphodelus aestivus - Common Asphodel Asphodelus fistulosus - Hollow-stemmed Asphodel Bellardia trixago - Bellardia Calystegia soldanella - Sea Bindweed Centaurea pullata Cichorium intybus - Chicory Cistus albidus Grey-leaved Cistus Cistus salvifolius - Sage-leaved Cistus Chrysanthemum coronarium - Crown Daisy Dipcadi serotinum - Dipcadi Echium angustifolium - Narrow-leaved Bugloss Ferraria crispa - Black Flag Fumaria capreolata - Ramping Fumitory Gladiolus italicus- Field Gladiolus Helichrysum stoechas Lathyrus latifolius - Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea Lavandula stoechas - French Lavender Lithodora fruiticosum - Shrubby Gromwell Lupinus luteus - Yellow Lupin Malcolmia flexuosa Malva neglecta - Dwarf Mallow Nerium oleander - Oleander Onopordum illyricum - Illyrian Scotch Thistle Ornithogalum umbellatum - Star-of-Bethleham Oxalis pes-caprae - Bermuda Buttercup Paeonia coriacea - Peony Phlomis purpurea Reichardia tingitana - Reichardia Romulea bulbocodium Salvia verbenaca - Wild Clary Scilla bifolia - Alpine Squill Scolymus hispanicus - Spanish Oyster Plant Silene colorata Tripodion tetraphyllum - Bladder Vetch Wildflowers Index Home Base Wildflowers of Britain and Northern Europe... Achillea millefolium - Yarrow Achillea ptarmica - Sneezewort Aegopodium podagraria - Ground Elder Ajuga reptans - Bugle Alchemilla vulgaris - Lady's Mantle Alliaria petiolata - Jack-by-the-Hedge Allium ursinium - Ramsons Anacamptis morio - Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis - Pyramidal Orchid Anagalis arvensis - Scarlet Pimpernel Anemone nemorosa - Wood Anemone Angelica sylvestris - Wild Angelica Anthiscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley Aquilegia vulgaris - Aquilegia Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock Armeria maritinum - Thrift (Sea Pink) Arum maculatum - Lords and Ladies Athyllis vulneraria - Kidney Vetch Atropa belladonna - Deadly Nightshade Bellis perennis - Daisy Brassica oleracea - Wild Cabbage Butomus umbellatus - Flowering Rush Callitriche stagnalis - Water Starwort Caltha palustris - Marsh-marrigolds Calystegia sepium - Hedge Bindweed Campanula rotundifolia - Harebell Campanula trachelium - Nettle-leaved Bellflower Cardamine pratensis - Cuckoo Flower Centaurea cyanus - Cornflower Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian Cephalanthera longifolia - Sword-leaved Helleborine Chamerion augusifolium - Rosebay Willowherb Chelidonium majus - Greater Celandine Chrysoplenium oppositifolium - Golden Saxifrage Circaea lutetiana - Enchanter's Nightshade Claytonia sibirica - Pink Purslane Clematis vitalba - Old Man's Beard Cochlearia officinalis - Common Scurvy-grass Conium maculatum - Hemlock Conopodium majus - Pignut Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed Corydalis lutea - Yellow Corydalis Cymbalaria muralis - Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cypripedium calceolus - Lady's Slipper Orchid Dactylorhiza cruenta - Leopard Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata - Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella - Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza traunsteineroides - N-L Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza viridis - Frog Orchid Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove Dipsacus fullonum - Teasel Dipsacus fullonum - Sheepsbit Scabious Echium vulgare - Viper's Bugloss Elodea canadensis - Canadian Pondweed Epilobium hirsutum - Great Willowherb Epilobium palustre - Marsh Willowherb Epipactis atrorubens - Dark-red Helleborine Epipactis dunensis - Dune Helleborine Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis palustris - Marsh Helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes - Green-flowered Helleborine Epipactis purpurata - Violet Helleborine Erica cinerea - Bell Heather Erica tetralix - Cross-leaved Heath Eriophorum vaginatum - Cotton Grass Erysimum cheiri - Wallflower Eupatorium cannabinum - Hemp Agrimony Euphrasia officinalis - Eyebright Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed Filipendula ulmaria - Meadowsweet Fragaria vesca - Wild Strawberry Fumaria capreolata - White Ramping-fumitory Galanthus nivalis - Snowdrop Galeopsis terrahit - Common Hempnettle Galium aparine - Cleavers Galium mollugo - Hedge Bedstraw Galium saxatile - Heath Bedstraw Galium verum - Lady's Bedstraw Gentiana verna - Spring Gentian Geranium dissectum - Cut-leaved Cranesbill Geranium lucidum - Shining Cranesbill Geranium pratense - Meadow Cranesbill Geranium robertianum - Herb Robert Geum rivale - Water Avens Geum urbanum - Wood Avens Glechoma hederacea - Ground-ivy Gymnadenia conopsea - Fragrant Orchid Hammarbya paludosa - Bog Orchid Heracleum mantegazzianum - Giant Hogweed Herminium monorchis - Musk Orchid Hieracium aurantiacum - Fox and Cubs Hyacinthiodes non-scripta - Bluebell Hypericum humifusum - Trailing St John's Wort Hypericum spp - Common St John's Wort Hypochaeris radicata - Common Catsear Impatiens capensis - Orange balsam Impatiens grandulifera - Himalayan Balsam Inula helenium - Elecampane Iris pseudacorus - Yellow Flag Iris Knautia arvensis - Field Scabious Lamiastrum galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel Lamium album - White Deadnettle Lamium purpureum - Red Deadnettle Lapsa communis - Nipplewort Lemna minor - Common Duckweed Leucanthemum vulgare - Marguerites Linaria repens - Pale Toadflax Linaria vulgaris - Common Toadflax Liparis loeselii - Fen Orchid Lobelia dortmanna - Water Lobelia Lonicera periclymenum - Honeysuckle Lotus corniculatus - Birdsfoot Trefoil Lupinus arboreus - Bush lupin Lychnis flos-cuculi - Ragged Robin Lysimachia nemorum - Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nummularia - Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia - Yellow loosestrife Lythrum salicaria - Purple loosestrife Malva moschata - Musk Mallow Malva sylvestris - Common Mallow Matricaria discoidea - Pineaple Mayweed Meconopsis cambria - Welsh Poppy Medicago lupulina - Black medick Mentha aquatica - Water Mint Menyanthes trifoliata - Bogbean Mercurialis perennis - Dog's Mercury Mimulus guttatus - Monkey flower Myriophyllum species - Water Milfoil Mysotis scorpiodes - Water Forget-me-not Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil Nasturtium officinale - Water-cress Neottia cordata - Common Twayblade Neottia nidus-avis - Bird's-nest Orchid Nuphar lutea - Yellow water-lily Nymphaea alba - Water-lily Oenanthe crocata - Hemlock Water Dropwort Oenethera biennis - Evening Primrose Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid Ophrys bombylifera - Bumblebee Orchid Ophrys fusca - Sombre Bee Orchid Ophrys insectifera - Fly Orchid Ophrys lutea - Yellow Ophrys Ophrys scolopax - Woodcock Orchid Ophrys speculum - Mirror Orchid Ophrys sphegodes - Early Spider Orchid Ophrys tenthredinifera - Sawfly Orchid Orchis anthopophora - Man Orchid Orchis italica - Naked Man Orchid Orchis mascula - Early-purple Orchid Oxalis acetosella - Wood-sorrel Papaver rhoeas - Field Poppy Pentaglottis sempervivens - Green Alkanet Persicaria hydropiper - Water Pepper Persicaria maculosa - Redshank Pilosella officinarum - Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pinguicula vulgaris - Butterwort Platanthera bifolia - Lesser Butterfly-orchid Platanthera chlorantha - Greater Butterfly-orchid Polygala vulgaris - Milkwort Potamogeton natans - Broad-leaved pondweed Potentilla anserina - Silverweed Potentilla erecta - Tormentil Potentilla palustris - Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans - Creeping Cinquefoil Primula elatior - Oxlip Primula veris - Cowslip Primula vulgaris - Primrose Prunella vulgaris - Self-heal Pseudorchis albida - Small White Orchid Pulicaria dysenterica - Common Fleabane Ranunculus acris - Buttercup Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser Celandine Ranunculus fluitans - Water crowfoot Reseda luteola - Weld Rhinathus minor - Yellow Rattle Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron Rosa canina - Dog Rose Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel Scilla verna - Spring Squill Scrophularia nodosa - Common Figwort Sedum acre - Biting Stonecrop Sedum anglicum - English stonecrop Senecio aquaticus - Marsh Ragwort Senecio jacobaea - Common Ragwort Senecio squalidus - Oxford Ragwort Senecio vulgaris - Groundsel Serapias cordigera - Heart-flowered Serapias Serapias lingu - Tongue Orchid Serapias parviflora - Small-flowered Serapias Serratoula tincoria - Saw-wort Silene alba - White Campion Silene dioica - Red Campion Silene uniflora - Sea campion Smyrnium olusatrum - Alexanders Solanum dulcamara - Bittersweet Solidago virgaurea - Goldenrod Sonchus oleraceus - Prickly Sow-thistle Sparganium erectum - Branched bur-reed Spergularia sp - Sea spurrey Spiranthes_spiralis - Autumn Lady's Tresses Stachys arvensis - Field Woundwort Stachys officinalis - Betony Stachys palustris - Marsh Woundwort Stella holostea - Greater Stitchwort Stellaria graminea - Lesser Stitchwort Succisa pratensis - Devilsbit Scabious Symphytum officinale - Common Comfrey Tanacetum parthenium - Feverfew Taraxacum officinale - Dandelion Teucrium scorodonia - Wood Sage Thymus polytrichus - Wild thyme Trifolium pratense - Red Clover Tripleurospermum inodorum - Scentless Mayweed Trollius europaeus - Globe Flower Tussilago farfara - Coltsfoot Typha latifolia - Great reedmace Umbilicus rupestris - Navelwort Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle Urtricularia vulgaris - Greater Bladderwort Vallisnaria spiralis - Tape-grass Verbascum thapsus - Great Mullein Veronica beccabunga - Brooklime Veronica Chamaedrys - Germander Speedwell Vicia cracca - Tufted Vetch Vicia orobus - Upright Vetch Vinca minor - Lesser Periwinkle Viola riviniana - Common Dog Voilet Links to other Wildflower websites Wildflowers Index Home Base Wild Orchids in this section... Anacamptis morio - Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis - Pyramidal Orchid Cephalanthera longifolia - Sword-leaved Helleborine Cypripedium calceolus - Lady's Slipper Orchid Dactylorhiza cruenta - Leopard Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata - Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella - Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza traunsteineroides - N-L Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza viridis - Frog Orchid Epipactis atrorubens - Dark-red Helleborine Epipactis dunensis - Dune Helleborine Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis palustris - Marsh Helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes - Green-flowered Helleborine Epipactis purpurata - Violet Helleborine Gymnadenia conopsea - Fragrant Orchid Hammarbya paludosa - Bog Orchid Herminium monorchis - Musk Orchid Liparis loeselii - Fen Orchid Neottia cordata - Common Twayblade Neottia nidus-avis - Bird's-nest Orchid Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid Ophrys bombylifera - Bumblebee Orchid Ophrys fusca - Sombre Bee Orchid Ophrys insectifera - Fly Orchid Ophrys lutea - Yellow Ophrys Ophrys scolopax - Woodcock Orchid Ophrys speculum - Mirror Orchid Ophrys sphegodes - Early Spider Orchid Ophrys tenthredinifera - Sawfly Orchid Orchis anthopophora - Man Orchid Orchis italica - Naked Man Orchid Orchis mascula - Early-purple Orchid Platanthera bifolia - Lesser Butterfly-orchid Platanthera chlorantha - Greater Butterfly-orchid Pseudorchis albida - Small White Orchid Serapias cordigera - Heart-flowered Serapias Serapias lingua - Tongue Orchid Serapias parviflora - Small-flowered Serapias Spiranthes_spiralis - Autumn Lady's Tresses Wildflowers Index Home Base

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Here is a small selection of the many wild orchids of the British Isles that are
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Wild Orchids in Wales

Dozens of wild orchid are featured in the First Nature Guide to
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Wild Orchids in The Burren

Ireland's world-famous limestone pavement habitat
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