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| x Meadow Buttercup |
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Ranunculus acris is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia. Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup. The plant is also known as an introduced species across much of the rest of the world, including...
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| x Ranunculus aquatilis |
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| x Creeping buttercup |
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Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) is a flowering plant in the buttercup family, native to Europe, Asia and northwestern Africa. It is also called Creeping Crowfoot and (along with Restharrow) Sitfast.
It is a herbaceous, stoloniferous perennial...
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| x Caltha palustris |
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Caltha palustris (Kingcup, Marsh Marigold) is a herbaceous perennial plant of the buttercup family, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
It becomes most luxuriant in partial shade, but is...
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| x Anemone nemorosa |
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| x Pheasant's Eye | ||
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| x Aconite | ||
| x Paeony | ||
| x Bachelor's Buttons | ||
| x Clematis |
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Clematis (klematis) is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners beginning with Clematis × jackmanii, a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars are being...
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| x Wallflower |
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Erysimum (wallflowers) is a genus that includes about 180 species, both popular garden plants and many wild forms. The genus Cheiranthus is sometimes included herein whole or in part. Erysimum has recently adscribed to a monogeneric cruciferous...
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| x Convallaria |
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| x Shepherd's Purse |
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Capsella bursa-pastoris, known by its common name shepherd's-purse because of its triangular, purse-like pods, is a small (up to 0.5m) annual and ruderal species, and a member of the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to eastern Europe and...
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| x Draba |
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Draba is a large genus of cruciferous plants, commonly known as whitlow-grasses. There are over 400 species:
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| x Brassica oleracea |
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| x Sweet violet |
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Viola odorata is a species of the genus Viola native to Europe and Asia, but has also been introduced to North America and Australasia. It is commonly known as Wood Violet, Sweet Violet, English Violet, Common Violet, or Garden Violet. The herb is...
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| x Common wood sorrel |
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Common Wood-sorrel is a plant from the genus Oxalis, common in most of Europe and parts of Asia. The binomial name is Oxalis acetosella, because of its sour taste. In much of its range it is the only member of its genus and hence simply known as ...
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| x Yellow wood sorrel |
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| x Ragged Robin |
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Lychnis flos-cuculi, commonly called Ragged Robin, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is species is native to Europe, where it is found along roads and in wet meadows and pastures. In Britain it has declined in numbers...
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| x Minuartia |
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Minuartia is a genus of small flowering plants, one of those commonly known as "sandwort" or "stitchwort". The genus is classed within the family Caryophyllaceae, the pink family, characterised by its opposite and decussate leaves.
Minuartias are...
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| x Common chickweed |
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| x Deptford pink |
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Dianthus armeria (Deptford Pink) is a species of Dianthus ("pink") native to most of Europe, from Portugal north to southern Scotland and southern Finland, and east to Ukraine and the Caucasus.
It is a herbaceous annual or biennial plant growing to...
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| x Maiden pink |
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Dianthus deltoides (Maiden Pink) is a species of Dianthus native to most of Europe and western Asia. It can also be found in many parts of North America, where it is an introduced species.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 45 centimeters...
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| x Soapwort |
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Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) is a vespertine flower, and a common perennial plant from the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are...
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| x Sticky Catchfly |
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Lychnis viscaria, the sticky catchfly, is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.
It is an upright perennial, growing to 60 cm in height. It gets its English name from the stickiness of its stem. It grows on cliffs and in rocky places. It...
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| x Stellaria holostea |
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| x Corn spurry |
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Spergula arvensis (Corn Spurrey) is a species of the genus Spergula.
It is the county flower of Montgomeryshire in the United Kingdom.
It is considered an agricultural weed in western Canada.
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| x Geranium pratense |
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Geranium pratense, the Meadow Cranesbill, is a species of plant in the Geraniaceae family. The leaves are deeply divided, divided into 7-9 lobes and 3-6 inch wide. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, but is cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.
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| x Pelargonium |
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| x Meadow vetchling |
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Lathyrus pratensis or Meadow vetchling, also known as the Meadow Pea and Meadow pea-vine, is a perennial legume that grows to 1.2 m in height.
The Meadow vetchling is in flower from May to August, and the seeds ripen from July to September. The...
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| x Mock Strawberry |
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Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica), also called mock strawberry, Gurbir, Indian strawberry or false strawberry, has foliage and fruit similar to true strawberry, though it is classified in a different genus, and has yellow flowers, unlike...
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| x Woodland Strawberry |
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| x Dog Rose |
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Rosa canina (commonly known as the dog rose) is a variable climbing wild rose species native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
It is a deciduous shrub normally ranging in height from 1–5 m, though sometimes it can scramble higher into...
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| x Glaucous Dog Rose |
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Rosa dumalis (Glaucous Dog Rose) is a species of rose native to Europe and southwest Asia. Not all authorities accept it as distinct, with the Flora Europaea treating it as a synonym of Rosa canina.
It is a shrub that grows 1–2 m high. It has long,...
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| x Wild Vine | ||
| x Woodruff | ||
| x Madder |
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| x Galium |
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Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with 617 known species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Most species are known as bedstraw. G. aparine is...
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| x Dandelion |
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Taraxacum ( /təˈræksəkʉm/) is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in...
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| x Thistle |
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| x Cornflower |
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Centaurea cyanus ('Cornflower, Bachelors button, Bluebottle, Boutonniere flower, Hurtsickle, Cyani flower) is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more...
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| x Caucasian scabious |
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The Caucasian scabious or Caucasian pincushion flower (Scabiosa caucasica) is a species of scabious. The plant can reach a height of 40-60 cm. The flowers are pink, red, red-violet or blue. They appear in summer.
location: eastern Georgia
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| x Jerusalem artichoke |
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| x Cardoon |
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The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), also called the artichoke thistle, cardone, cardoni, carduni or cardi, is a thistle-like plant in the aster family Asteraceae. It is the naturally occurring form of the same species as the globe artichoke, and has...
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| x Salsify |
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| x Endive |
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| x Chicory |
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Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var. sativum), which...
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| x Common Heath | ||
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| x Rhododendron |
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Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "tree") is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers. It includes the plants known to gardeners as azaleas.
Rhododendron is a...
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