A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

[davidbr]

Having managed to photograph 823 species of plants last year, mainly between mid-June and the start of December, I've set myself the target of reaching 1400 by the end of 2009. I didn't start until after the spring season had finished last year, so there ought to be plenty of early-flowering bulbs etc easily available, then during the summer I'm probably going to have to travel far more widely - around a third of the species on my list so far are aliens, so I've got a lot of native species to catch up with!

I'll use this thread to post updates on my progress, which will probably be slow to start with; New Years' Day has started below freezing here, and there's even the odd flake of snow in the air - not good for early flowers! Here's my full list so far (sorry it's not very clear; I can't find another way to do it...)

Common Name	Scientific name
	
BEAR'S-BREECHES	Acanthus mollis
GREEN AMARANTH	Amaranthus hybridus
COMMON AMARANTH	Amaranthus retroflexus
SEA ARROWGRASS	Triglochin maritima
ITALIAN LORDS-AND-LADIES	Arum italicum
LORDS-AND-LADIES	Arum maculatum
FORSYTHIA	Forsythia x intermedia
COMMON ASH	Fraxinus excelsior
MANNA ASH	Fraxinus ornus
WINTER JASMINE	Jasminum nudiflorum
SUMMER JASMINE	Jasminum officinale
GARDEN PRIVET	Ligustrum ovalifolium
WILD PRIVET	Ligustrum vulgare
LILAC	Syringa vulgaris
INDIAN BALSAM	Impatiens glandulifera
DARWIN'S BARBERRY	Berberis darwinii
CHINESE BARBERRY	Berberis julianae
THUNBERG'S BARBERRY	Berberis thunbergi
MRS WILSON'S BARBERRY	Berberis wilsonae
HEDGE BARBERRY	Berberis x stenophylla
OREGON-GRAPE	Mahonia aquifolium
BAY LAUREL	Laurus nobilis
CROSSWORT	Cruciata laevipes
COMMON CLEAVERS	Galiu+B580bm aparine
HEDGE BEDSTRAW	Galium mollugo
WOODRUFF	Galium odoratum
COMMON MARSH-BEDSTRAW	Galium palustre
HEATH BEDSTRAW	Galium saxatile
FEN BEDSTRAW	Galium uliginosum
LADY'S BEDSTRAW	Galium verum
WILD MADDER	Rubia peregrina
FIELD MADDER	Sherardia arvensis
SWEET CHESTNUT	Castanea sativa
BEECH	Fagus sylvatica
ALGERIAN OAK	Quercus canariensis
TURKEY OAK	Quercus cerris
SCARLET OAK	Quercus coccinea
EVERGREEN OAK	Quercus ilex
SESSILE OAK	Quercus petraea
PEDUNCULATE OAK	Quercus robur
RED OAK	Quercus rubra
LUCOMBE OAK	Quercus x crenata
HARDY BEGONIA	Begonia grandis
GIANT BELLFLOWER	Campanula latifolia
PEACH-LEAVED BELLFLOWER	Campanula persicifolia
ADRIA BELLFLOWER	Campanula portenschlagiana
TRAILING BELLFLOWER	Campanula poscharskyana
HAREBELL	Campanula rotundifolia
NETTLE-LEAVED BELLFLOWER	Campanula trachelium
SHEEP'S-BIT	Jasione montana
GARDEN LOBELIA	Lobelia erinus
IVY-LEAVED BELLFLOWER	Wahlenbergia hederacea
ITALIAN ALDER	Alnus cordata
COMMON ALDER	Alnus glutinosa
GREY ALDER	Alnus incana
SILVER BIRCH	Betula pendula
DOWNY BIRCH	Betula pubescens
HORNBEAM	Carpinus betulus
HAZEL	Corylus avellana
BLACK BRYONY	Tamus communis
SPRINGBEAUTY	Claytonia perfoliata
BLINKS	Montia fontana
BOGBEAN	Menyanthes trifoliata
FRINGED WATER-LILY	Nymphoides peltata
BUGLOSS	Anchusa arvensis
BORAGE	Borago officinalis
HOUND'S-TONGUE	Cynoglossum officinale
VIPER'S-BUGLOSS	Echium vulgare
FIELD FORGET-ME-NOT	Myosotis arvensis
TUFTED FORGET-ME-NOT	Myosotis laxa
WATER FORGET-ME-NOT	Myosotis scorpoides
CREEPING FORGET-ME-NOT	Myosotis secunda
WOOD FORGET-ME-NOT	Myosotis sylvatica
BLUE-EYED-MARY	Omphalodes verna
GREEN ALKANET	Pentaglottis sempervirens
LUNGWORT	Pulmonaria officinalis
COMMON COMFREY	Symphytum officinale
WHITE COMFREY	Symphytum orientale
HIDCOTE COMFREY	Symphytum x "Hidcote Blue"
RUSSIAN COMFREY	Symphytum x uplandicum
BOX	Buxus sempervirens
IVY BROOMRAPE	Orobanche hederae
COMMON BROOMRAPE	Orobanche minor
ALDER BUCKTHORN	Frangula alnus
BUCKTHORN	Rhamnus catharticus
BRANCHED BUR-REED	Sparganium erectum
WOOD ANEMONE	Anemone nemorosa
JAPANESE ANEMONE	Anemone x hybrida
COLUMBINE	Aquilegia vulgaris
MARSH-MARIGOLD	Caltha palustris
TRAVELLER'S-JOY	Clematis vitalba
EASTERN SOWBREAD	Cyclamen coum
SOWBREAD	Cyclamen hederifolium
STINKING HELLEBORE	Helleborus foetidus
LENTEN-ROSE	Helleborus orientalis
GREEN HELLEBORE	Helleborus viridis
LOVE-IN-A-MIST	Nigella damascena
MEADOW BUTTERCUP	Ranunculus acris
LESSER SPEARWORT	Ranunculus flammaea
IVY-LEAVED CROWFOOT	Ranunculus hederaceus
GREATER SPEARWORT	Ranunculus lingua
POND WATER-CROWFOOT	Ranunculus peltatus
CREEPING BUTTERCUP	Ranunculus repens
CELERY-LEAVED BUTTERCUP	Ranunculus sceleratus
THREAD-LEAVED WATER-CROWFOOT	Ranunculus trichophyllus
COMMON MEADOW-RUE	Thalictrum flavum
LESSER MEADOW-RUE	Thalictrum minus
BUTTERFLY-BUSH	Buddleja davidii
ORANGE-BALL TREE	Buddleja globosa
COMMON BUTTERWORT	Pinguicula vulgaris
GARLIC MUSTARD	Alliaria petiolata
THALE CRESS	Arabidopsis thaliana
HORSE-RADISH	Armoracia rusticana
AUBRETIA	Aubretia deltoidea
AMERICAN WINTER-CRESS	Barbarea verna
WINTER-CRESS	Barbarea vulgaris
RAPE	Brassica napus
BLACK MUSTARD	Brassica nigra
WILD CABBAGE	Brassica oleracea
WILD TURNIP	Brassica rapa
SEA ROCKET	Cakile maritima
SHEPHERD'S-PURSE	Capsella bursa-pastoris
LARGE BITTER-CRESS	Cardamine amara
WAVY BITTER-CRESS	Cardamine flexuosa
HAIRY BITTER-CRESS	Cardamine hirsuta
CUCKOO-FLOWER	Cardamine pratensis
LESSER SWINE-CRESS	Coronopus didymus
SWINE-CRESS	Coronopus squamatus
ANNUAL WALL-ROCKET	Diplotaxis muralis
PERENNIAL WALL-ROCKET	Diplotaxis tenuifolia
WALLFLOWER	Erysimum chieri
HOARY MUSTARD	Hirschfeldia incana
HOARY CRESS	Lepidium draba
SWEET ALISON	Lobularia maritima
HONESTY	Lunaria annua
WILD RADISH	Raphanus raphanistrum
NORTHERN YELLOW-CRESS	Rorippa islandica
ONE-ROWED WATER-CRESS	Rorippa microphylla
WATER-CRESS	Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
CREEPING YELLOW-CRESS	Rorippa sylvestris
WHITE MUSTARD	Sinapsis alba
CHARLOCK	Sinapsis arvensis
HEDGE MUSTARD	Sisymbrium officinale
EASTERN ROCKET	Sisymbrium orientale
SHEPHERD'S-CRESS	Teesdalia nudicaulis
FIELD PENNY-CRESS	Thlaspi arvense
GROUND-ELDER	Aegopodium podagraria
FOOL'S PARSLEY	Aethusa cynapium
GARDEN ANGELICA	Angelica archangelica
WILD ANGELICA	Angelica sylvestris
COW PARSLEY	Anthriscus sylvestris
WILD CELERY	Apium graveolens
FOOL'S WATER-CRESS	Apium nodiflorum
LESSER WATER-PARSNIP	Berula erecta
ROUGH CHERVIL	Chaerophyllum temulentum
HEMLOCK	Conium maculatum
PIGNUT	Conopodium majus
ROCK SAMPHIRE	Crithmium maritimum
WILD CARROT	Daucus carota
FENNEL	Foeniculum vulgare
HOGWEED	Heracleum sphondylium
MARSH PENNYWORT	Hydrocotyle vulgaris
SWEET CICELY	Myrrhis odorata
HEMLOCK WATER-DROPWORT	Oenanthe crocata
TUBULAR WATER-DROPWORT	Oenanthe fistulosa
CORKY-FRUITED WATER-DROPWORT	Oenanthe pimpinelloides
WILD PARSNIP	Pastinaca sativa
GARDEN PARSLEY	Petroselinum crispum
BURNET-SAXIFRAGE	Pimpinella saxifraga
SANICLE	Sanicula europaea
STONE PARSLEY	Sison amomum
ALEXANDERS	Smyrnium olusatrum
UPRIGHT HEDGE-PARSLEY	Torilis japonica
ADAM'S-NEEDLE	Yucca filamentosa
CURVED-LEAVED SPANISH-DAGGER	Yucca recurvifolia
GIANT FIR	Abies grandis
MONKEY-PUZZLE	Araucaria araucana
LAWSON CYPRESS	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
MONTEREY CYPRESS	Cupressus macrocarpa
EUROPEAN LARCH	Larix decidua
DAWN REDWOOD	Metasequoia glyptostroboides
NORWAY SPRUCE	Picea abies
SITKA SPRUCE	Picea sitchensis
BLACK PINE	Pinus nigra
MONTEREY PINE	Pinus radiata
SCOTS PINE	Pinus sylvestris
YEW	Taxus baccata
HAIRY BINDWEED	Calystegia pulchra
HEDGE BINDWEED	Calystegia sepium
LARGE BINDWEED	Calystegia silvatica
FIELD BINDWEED	Convolvulus arvensis
COMMON STORKSBILL	Erodium cicutarium
STICKY STORK'S-BILL	Erodium lebelii
CUT-LEAVED CRANESBILL	Geranium dissectum
FRENCH CRANESBILL	Geranium endressi
SHINING CRANESBILL	Geranium lucidum
SPOTTED GERANIUM	Geranium maculatum
DOVE'S-FOOT CRANESBILL	Geranium molle
KNOTTED CRANESBILL	Geranium nodosum
MEADOW CRANESBILL	Geranium pratense
SMALL-FLOWERED CRANESBILL	Geranium pusillum
HEDGEROW CRANESBILL	Geranium pyrenaicum
HERB-ROBERT	Geranium robertianum
BLOODY CRANESBILL	Geranium sanguineum
PENCILLED CRANESBILL	Geranium versicolor
PURPLE CRANESBILL	Geranium x magnificum
DRUCE'S CRANESBILL	Geranium x oxonianum
BLACK CURRANT	Ribes nigrum
RED CURRANT	Ribes rubrum
FLOWERING CURRANT	Ribes sanguineum
GOOSEBERRY	Ribes uva-crispa
YARROW	Achillea millefolium
SNEEZEWORT	Achillea ptarmica
SICILIAN CHAMOMILE	Anthemis punctata
GREAT BURDOCK	Arctium lappa
LESSER BURDOCK	Arctium minus
SLENDER MUGWORT	Artemisia biennis
COMMON MUGWORT	Artemisia vulgaris
GLAUCOUS MICHAELMAS-DAISY	Aster laevis
NARROW-LEAVED MICHAELMAS DAISY	Aster lanceolatus
CONFUSED MICHAELMAS-DAISY	Aster novi-belgii
SEA ASTER	Aster tripolium
COMMON MICHAELMAS-DAISY	Aster x salignus
LATE MICHAELMAS-DAISY	Aster x versicolor
DAISY	Bellis perennis
TRIFID BUR-MARIGOLD	Bidens tripartita
POT MARIGOLD	Calendula officinalis
BUR-DAISY	Calotis cuneifolia
MUSK THISTLE	Carduus nutans
SLENDER THISTLE	Carduus tenuiflorus
CARLINE THISTLE	Carlina vulgaris
PERENNIAL CORNFLOWER	Centaurea montana
COMMON KNAPWEED	Centaurea nigra
GREATER KNAPWEED	Centaurea scabiosa
CHAMOMILE	Chamaemelum nobile
BLUE SOW-THISTLE	Cicerbita macrophylla
CHICORY	Cichorium intybus
STEMLESS THISTLE	Cirsium acaule
CREEPING THISTLE	Cirsium arvense
WOOLLY THISTLE	Cirsium eriophorum
MARSH THISTLE	Cirsium palustre
SPEAR THISTLE	Cirsium vulgare
BILBAO FLEABANE	Conyza bilbaoana
ARGENTINE FLEABANE	Conyza bonariensis
CANADIAN FLEABANE	Conyza canadensis
GUERNSEY FLEABANE	Conyza sumatrensis
SMOOTH HAWK'S-BEARD	Crepis capillaris
MARSH HAWK'S-BEARD	Crepis paludosa
BEAKED HAWK'S-BEARD	Crepis polymorpha
FLORISTS' CHRYSANTHEMUM	Dendranthemum x grandiflorum
LEOPARD'S-BANE	Doronicum pardalianches
BLUE FLEABANE	Erigeron acer
SEASIDE DAISY	Erigeron glaucus
MEXICAN FLEABANE	Erigeron karvinskianus
HEMP-AGRIMONY	Eupatorium cannabinum
MARSH CUDWEED	Gnaphalium uliginosum
NIGER	Guizotia abyssinica
ANNUAL SUNFLOWER	Helianthus annuus
PERENNIAL SUNFLOWER	Helianthus x laetiflorus
SILVER-BUSH EVERLASTINGFLOWER	Helichrysum petiolare
HAWKWEED	Hieracium officinale agg
NARROW-LEAVED HAWKWEED	Hieracium umbellatum
CAT'S-EAR	Hypochoeris radicata
PLOUGHMAN'S-SPIKENARD	Inula conyzae
ELECAMPANE	Inula helenium
HOOKER'S INULA	Inula hookeri
BLUE LETTUCE	Lactuca perennis
PRICKLY LETTUCE	Lactuca serriola
NIPPLEWORT	Lapsana communis
AUTUMN HAWKBIT	Leontodon autumnalis
ROUGH HAWKBIT	Leontodon hispidus
LESSER HAWKBIT	Leontodon saxatalis
OX-EYE DAISY	Leucanthemum vulgare
SHASTA DAISY	Leucanthemum x superbum
PINEAPPLEWEED	Matricaria discoidea
SCENTED MAYWEED	Matricaria recutita
WALL LETTUCE	Mycelis muralis
COTTON THISTLE	Onopordum acanthum
WINTER HELIOTROPE	Petasites fragrans
BUTTERBUR	Petasites hybridus
BRISTLY OXTONGUE	Picris echioides
ORANGE HAWKWEED	Pilosella aurontiaca
MOUSE-EAR HAWKWEED	Pilosella officinarum
COMMON FLEABANE	Pulicaria dysenterica
LAVENDER-COTTON	Santolina chamaecyparis
MARSH RAGWORT	Senecio aquaticus
SILVER RAGWORT	Senecio cineraria
HOARY RAGWORT	Senecio erucifolius
COMMON RAGWORT	Senecio jacobaea
OXFORD RAGWORT	Senecio squalidus
STICKY GROUNDSEL	Senecio viscosus
COMMON GROUNDSEL	Senecio vulgaris
HYBRID RAGWORT	Senecio x albescens
SEA WORMWOOD	Seriphidium maritimum
SAW-WORT	Serratula tinctoria
MILK THISTLE	Silybium marianum
TALL GOLDENROD	Solidago altissima
GOLDENROD	Solidago virgaurea
PRICKLY SOW-THISTLE	Sonchus asper
SMOOTH SOW-THISTLE	Sonchus oleraceus
PERENNIAL SOW-THISTLE	Sonchus perennis
FRENCH MARIGOLD	Tagetes patula
FEVERFEW	Tanacetum parthenium
TANSY	Tanacetum vulgare
DANDELION	Taraxacum officinale agg.
SALSIFY	Tragopogon porrifolius
GOAT'S-BEARD	Tragopogon pratensis
SCENTLESS MAYWEED	Tripleurospermum inodorum
SEA MAYWEED	Tripleurospermum maritimum
COLT'S-FOOT	Tussilago farfara
PALE DEWPLANT	Drosanthemum floribundum
SPOTTED-LAUREL	Aucuba japonica
RED-BARKED DOGWOOD	Cornus alba
COMMON DOGWOOD	Cornus sanguinea
RED-OSIER DOGWOOD	Cornus sericea
COMMON DUCKWEED	Lemna minor
LEAST DUCKWEED	Lemna minuta
GREATER DUCKWEED	Spirodela polyrhiza
WYCH ELM	Ulmus glabra
SMALL-LEAVED ELM	Ulmus minor
ENGLISH ELM	Ulmus procera
SNAPDRAGON	Antirrhinum majus
SMALL TOADFLAX	Chaenorhinum minus
IVY-LEAVED TOADFLAX	Cymbalaria muralis
FOXGLOVE	Digitalis purpurea
COMMON EYEBRIGHT	Euphrasia nemorosa
CHALK-HILL EYEBRIGHT	Euphrasia pseudokerneri
Hebe sp. (no English name)	Hebe albicans
KOROMIKO	Hebe salicifolia
HEDGE VERONICA	Hebe x franciscana
LEWIS'S HEBE	Hebe x lewisii
ANNUAL TOADFLAX	Linaria maroccana
PURPLE TOADFLAX	Linaria purpurea
PALE TOADFLAX	Linaria repens
COMMON TOADFLAX	Linaria vulgaris
HYBRID TOADFLAX	Linaria x dominii
COMMON COW-WHEAT	Melampyrum pratense
RED BARTSIA	Odontites verna
LOUSEWORT	Pedicularis sylvatica
CAPE FIGWORT	Phygelius capensis
YELLOW-RATTLE	Rhinanthus minor
WATER FIGWORT	Scrophularia auriculata
COMMON FIGWORT	Scrophularia nodosa
DENSE-FLOWERED MULLEIN	Verbascum densiflorum
GREAT MULLEIN	Verbascum thapsus
TWIGGY MULLEIN	Verbascum virgatum
GREEN FIELD-SPEEDWELL	Veronica agrestis
BLUE WATER-SPEEDWELL	Veronica anagallis-aquatica
WALL SPEEDWELL	Veronica arvensis
BROOKLIME	Veronica beccabunga
PINK WATER-SPEEDWELL	Veronica catenata
GERMANDER SPEEDWELL	Veronica chamaedrys
SLENDER SPEEDWELL	Veronica filiformis
IVY-LEAVED SPEEDWELL	Veronica hederifolia
WOOD SPEEDWELL	Veronica montana
HEATH SPEEDWELL	Veronica officinalis
COMMON FIELD-SPEEDWELL	Veronica persica
GREY FIELD-SPEEDWELL	Veronica polita
THYME-LEAVED SPEEDWELL	Veronica serpyllifolia
SPIKED SPEEDWELL	Veronica spicata
FAIRY FLAX	Linum catharticum
COMMON FLAX	Linum usatissimum
FLOWERING-RUSH	Butomus umbellatus
CANADIAN WATERWEED	Elodea canadensis
NUTTALL'S WATERWEED	Elodea nuttallii
FROGBIT	Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
CLIMBING CORYDALIS	Ceratocapnos claviculata
TALL RAMPING-FUMITORY	Fumaria bastardii
WHITE RAMPING-FUMITORY	Fumaria capreolata
COMMON FUMITORY	Fumaria officinalis
YELLOW CORYDALIS	Pseudofumaria lutea
FUSCHIA	Fuschia magellanica
YELLOW-WORT	Blackstonia perfoliata
COMMON CENTAURY	Centaurium erythraea
LESSER CENTAURY	Centaurium pulchellum
BABINGTON'S ORACHE	Atriplex babingtonii
GRASS-LEAVED ORACHE	Atriplex littoralis
COMMON ORACHE	Atriplex patula
SPEAR-LEAVED ORACHE	Atriplex prostrata
BEET	Beta vulgaris
FAT-HEN	Chenopodium album
MANY-SEEDED GOOSEFOOT	Chenopodium polyspermum
RED GOOSEFOOT	Chenopodium rubrum
GLAUCOUS GLASSWORT	Salicornia obscura
PRICKLY SALT-WORT	Salsola kali
ANNUAL SEA-BLITE	Suaeda maritima
WHITE BRYONY	Bryonia dioica
VIRGINIA-CREEPER	Parthenocissus quinquefolia
BOSTON-IVY	Parthenocissus tricuspidata
GRAPE-VINE	Vitis vinifera
HEATHER	Calluna vulgaris
BELL HEATHER	Erica cinerea
SHALLON	Gaultheria shallon
RHODODENDRON	Rhododendron ponticum
BILBERRY	Vaccinium myrtillus
HEMP	Cannabis sativa
HOP	Humulus lupulus
HOLLY	Ilex aquifolium
HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE	Leycesteria formosa
JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE	Lonicera japonica
WILSON'S HONEYSUCKLE	Lonicera nitida
HONEYSUCKLE	Lonicera periclymenum
BOX-LEAVED HONEYSUCKLE	Lonicera pileata
FLY HONEYSUCKLE	Lonicera xylosteum
ELDER	Sambucus nigra
SNOWBERRY	Symphoricarpos albus
HYBRID CORALBERRY	Symphoricarpos x chenaultii
WAYFARING-TREE	Viburnum lantana
GUELDER-ROSE	Viburnum opulus
LAURISTINUS	Viburnum tinus
COMMON HORSE-CHESTNUT	Aesculus hippocastanum
RED HORSE-CHESTNUT	Aesculus x carnea
EASTERN GLADIOLUS	Gladiolus communis
STINKING IRIS	Iris foetidissima
YELLOW IRIS	Iris pseudacorus
VEINED YELLOW-EYED-GRASS	Sisyrinchium laxum
IVY	Hedera helix
PERSIAN IVY	Hedera persica
INDIAN RHUBARB	Darmera peltata
BUCKWHEAT	Fagopyrum esculentum
RUSSIAN-VINE	Fallopia baldschuanica
BLACK-BINDWEED	Fallopia convolvulus
JAPANESE KNOTWEED	Fallopia japonica
AMPHIBIOUS BISTORT	Persicaria amphibia
COMMON BISTORT	Persicaria bistorta
WATER-PEPPER	Persicaria hydropiper
PALE PERSICARIA	Persicaria lapathifolia
REDSHANK	Persicaria maculosa
SMALL KNOTGRASS	Polygonum arenastrum
KNOTGRASS	Polygonum aviculare
RHUBARB	Rheum rhabarbarum
COMMON SORREL	Rumex acetosa
SHEEP'S SORREL	Rumex acetosella
CURLED DOCK	Rumex crispus
BROAD-LEAVED DOCK	Rumex obtusifolius
FIDDLE DOCK	Rumex pulcher
WOOD DOCK	Rumex sanguineus
Dock hybrid (Broad-leaved x Curled)	Rumex x pratensis
BUGLE	Ajuga reptans
BLACK HOREHOUND	Ballota nigra ssp. foetida
BASIL THYME	Clinopodium acinos
COMMON CALAMINT	Clinopodium ascendens
WILD BASIL	Clinopodium vulgare
COMMON HEMP-NETTLE	Galeopsis tetrahit
GROUND-IVY	Glechoma hederacea
YELLOW ARCHANGEL	Lamiastrum galeobdolon
WHITE DEAD-NETTLE	Lamium album
CUT-LEAVED DEAD-NETTLE	Lamium hybridum
SPOTTED DEAD-NETTLE	Lamium maculatum
RED DEAD-NETTLE	Lamium purpureum
GIPSYWORT	Lycopus europaeus
WHITE HOREHOUND	Marrubium vulgare
BALM	Melissa officinalis
WATER MINT	Mentha aquatica
SPEAR MINT	Mentha spicata
WHORLED MINT	Mentha x verticillata
APPLE MINT	Mentha x villosa
MARJORAM	Origanum vulgare
SELF-HEAL	Prunella vulgaris
ROSEMARY	Rosmarina officinalis
SAGE	Salvia officinalis
WILD CLARY	Salvia verbenaca
SKULLCAP	Scutellaria galericulata
LAMB'S-EARS	Stachys lanata
BETONY	Stachys officinalis
MARSH WOUNDWORT	Stachys palustris
HEDGE WOUNDWORT	Stachys sylvatica
WALL GERMANDER	Teucrium chamaedrys
WOOD SAGE	Teucrium scorodonia
WILD THYME	Thymus praecox
LARGE THYME	Thymus pulegioides
KEELED GARLIC	Allium carinatum
FIELD GARLIC	Allium oleraceum
GARDEN LEEK	Allium porrum
CHIVES	Allium schoenoprasum
ROUND-HEADED LEEK	Allium sphaerocephalon
RAMSONS	Allium ursinum
WILD ONION	Allium vineale
ASPARAGUS	Asparagus officinalis
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY	Convallaria majalis
AUNT-ELIZA	Crocosmia paniculata
MONTBRETIA	Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
ORANGE DAY-LILY	Hemerocallis fulva
COMMON BLUEBELL	Hyacinthoides non-scripta
HYBRID BLUEBELL	Hyacinthoides x massartiana
RED-HOT-POKER	Kniphofia uvaria
GREATER RED-HOT-POKER	Kniphofia x praecox
BOG ASPHODEL	Narthecium ossifragum
SPIKED STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM	Ornithogallum umbellatum
GARDEN SOLOMON'S-SEAL	Polygonatum x hybridum
BUTCHER'S-BROOM	Ruscus aculeatus
GRASS-NUT	Triteleia laxa
SMALL-LEAVED LIME	Tilia cordata
LARGE-LEAVED LIME	Tilia platyphyllos
COMMON LIME	Tilia x europaea
CHAMELEON PLANT	Houttuynia cordata
MARSH-MALLOW	Althaea officinalis
HOLLYHOCK	Althaea rosea
TREE MALLOW	Lavatera arborea
SMALLER TREE-MALLOW	Lavatera cretica
HYÉRES TREE-MALLOW	Lavatera olbia
GARDEN TREE-MALLOW	Lavatera x clementii
MUSK MALLOW	Malva moschata
DWARF MALLOW	Malva neglecta
COMMON MALLOW	Malva sylvestris
FIELD MAPLE	Acer campestre
NORWAY MAPLE	Acer platanoides
SYCAMORE	Acer pseudoplatanus
MARE'S-TAIL	Hippuris vulgaris
WILD MIGNONETTE	Reseda lutea
WELD	Reseda luteola
HEATH MILKWORT	Polygala serpyllifolia
COMMON MILKWORT	Polygala vulgaris
MISTLETOE	Viscum album
HAIRY MOCK-ORANGE	Philadelphus x virginalis
FIG	Ficus carica
NASTURTIUM	Tropaeolum majus
PELLITORY-OF-THE-WALL	Perietaria judaica
MIND-YOUR-OWN-BUSINESS	Soleirola soleirolii
STINGING NETTLE	Urtica dioica
THORN-APPLE	Datura stramonium
DUKE OF ARGYLL'S TEAPLANT	Lycium barbarum
SWEET TOBACCO PLANT	Nicotiana alata
GARDEN TOBACCO PLANT	Nicotiana x senderae
BITTERSWEET	Solanum dulcamara
BLACK NIGHTSHADE	Solanum nigrum
GREEN NIGHTSHADE	Solanum physalifolium
POTATO	Solanum tuberosum
SEA-BUCKTHORN	Hippophae rhamnoides
PYRAMIDAL ORCHID	Anacamptis pyramidalis
COMMON SPOTTED-ORCHID	Dactylorhiza fuchsii
BROAD-LEAVED HELLEBORINE	Epipactis helleborine
BOG ORCHID	Hammarbya paludosa
BEE ORCHID	Ophrys apifera
WOOD-SORREL	Oxalis acetosella
PINK-SORREL	Oxalis articulata
PROCUMBENT YELLOW-SORREL	Oxalis corniculata
LEAST YELLOW-SORREL	Oxalis exilis
UPRIGHT YELLOW-SORREL	Oxalis fontana
PALE PINK-SORREL	Oxalis incarnata
PURPLE SHAMROCK	Oxalis triangularis
PASSION-FLOWER	Passiflora caerulea
KIDNEY VETCH	Anthyllis vulneraria
COMMON BROOM	Cytisus scoparius
HAIRY CANARY CLOVER	Dorycnium hirsutum
GOAT'S-RUE	Galega officinalis
LABURNUM	Laburnum anagyroides
TWIN-FLOWERED EVERLASTING PEA	Lathyrus grandiflorus
BROAD-LEAVED EVERLASTING PEA	Lathyrus latifolius
BITTER VETCH	Lathyrus montanus
GRASS VETCHLING	Lathyrus nissolia
MEADOW VETCHLING	Lathyrus pratensis
NARROW-LEAVED EVERLASTING PEA	Lathyrus sylvestris
COMMON BIRD'S-FOOT-TREFOIL	Lotus corniculatus
GREATER BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL	Lotus pedunculatus
SPOTTED MEDICK	Medicago arabica
BLACK MEDICK	Medicago lupulina
TOOTHED MEDICK	Medicago nigra
LUCERNE	Medicago sativa
TALL MELILOT	Melilotus altissima
RIBBED MELILOT	Melilotus officinalis
SAINFOIN	Onobrychis viciifolia
COMMON RESTHARROW	Ononis repens
SPINY RESTHARROW	Ononis spinosa
FALSE ACACIA	Robinia pseudoacacia
SPANISH BROOM	Spartium junceum
HARE'S-FOOT CLOVER	Trifolium arvense
LARGE HOP-TREFOIL	Trifolium aureum
HOP TREFOIL	Trifolium campestre
LESSER TREFOIL	Trifolium dubium
STRAWBERRY CLOVER	Trifolium fragiferum
ALSIKE CLOVER	Trifolium hybridum
ZIGZAG CLOVER	Trifolium medium
RED CLOVER	Trifolium pratense
WHITE CLOVER	Trifolium repens
GORSE	Ulex europaeus
TUFTED VETCH	Vicia cracca
HAIRY TARE	Vicia hirsuta
WOOD BITTER-VETCH	Vicia orobus
COMMON VETCH	Vicia sativa
BUSH VETCH	Vicia sepium
WOOD VETCH	Vicia sylvatica
GREATER PERIWINKLE	Vinca major
LESSER PERIWINKLE	Vinca minor
THYME-LEAVED SANDWORT	Arenaria serpyllifolia
COMMON MOUSE-EAR	Cerastium fontanum
STICKY MOUSE-EAR	Cerastium glomeratum
SNOW-IN-SUMMER	Cerastium tomentosum
SEA SANDWORT	Honckenya peploides
ROSE CAMPION	Lychnis coronaria
RAGGED-ROBIN	Lychnis flos-cuculi
WATER CHICKWEED	Myosotom aquaticum
ANNUAL PEARLWORT	Sagina apetala ssp. erecta
PROCUMBENT PEARLWORT	Sagina procumbens
SOAPWORT	Saponaria officinalis
RED CAMPION	Silene dioica
WHITE CAMPION	Silene pratensis
SEA CAMPION	Silene uniflora
BLADDER CAMPION	Silene vulgaris
PINK CAMPION	Silene x hampeana
LESSER SEA-SPURREY	Spergularia marina
GREATER SEA-SPURREY	Spergularia media
LESSER STITCHWORT	Stellaria graminea
GREATER STITCHWORT	Stellaria holostea
COMMON CHICKWEED	Stellaria media
BOG STITCHWORT	Stellaria uliginosa
LONDON PLANE	Platanus x hispanica
BUCK'S-HORN PLANTAIN	Plantago coronopus
RIBWORT PLANTAIN	Plantago lanceolata
GREATER PLANTAIN	Plantago major
SEA PLANTAIN	Plantago maritima
HOARY PLANTAIN	Plantago media
BOG PONDWEED	Potamogeton polygonifolius
GREATER CELANDINE	Chelidonium majus
CALIFORNIAN POPPY	Eschscholzia californica
WELSH POPPY	Meconopsis cambrica
LONG-HEADED POPPY	Papaver dubium spp. dubium
TULIP POPPY	Papaver glaucum
ORIENTAL POPPY	Papaver pseudoorientale
COMMON POPPY	Papaver rhoeas
OPIUM POPPY	Papaver somniferum
SCARLET PIMPERNEL	Anagallis arvensis
BOG PIMPERNEL	Anagallis tenella
YELLOW PIMPERNEL	Lysimachia nemorum
CREEPING-JENNY	Lysimachia nummularia
DOTTED LOOSESTRIFE	Lysimachia punctata
COWSLIP	Primula veris
PRIMROSE	Primula vulgaris
BROOKWEED	Samolus valerandi
SWEET VIOLET	Viola odorata
GARDEN PANSY	Viola x wittrockiana
WATER-PURSLANE	Lythrum portula
PURPLE-LOOSESTRIFE	Lythrum salicaria
LESSER BULRUSH	Typha angustifolia
GREATER BULRUSH	Typha latifolia
WHITE ROCK-ROSE	Helianthemum appeninum
COMMON ROCK-ROSE	Helianthemum nummularium
TWO-SPINED ACAENA	Acaena ovalifolia
AGRIMONY	Agrimonia eupatoria
THIN-STEMMED LADY'S MANTLE	Alchemilla filicaulis
SMOOTH LADY'S MANTLE	Alchemilla glabra
GARDEN LADY'S MANTLE	Alchemilla mollis
PARSLEY-PIERT	Aphanes arvensis
SLENDER PARSLEY-PIERT	Aphanes microcarpa
CHINESE QUINCE	Chaenomeles speciosa
PURPLE-FLOWERED COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster atropurpureus
HOLLYBERRY COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster bullatus
BEARBERRY COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster dammeri
DIELS' COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster dielsianus
SPREADING COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster divaricatus
FRANCHET'S COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster franchetii
HIMALAYAN TREE COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster frigidus
WALL COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster horizontalis
ENTIRE-LEAVED COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster integrifolius
LATE COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster lacteus
BULLATE COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster rehderi
WILLOWLEAF COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster salicifolia
HIMALAYAN COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster simonsii
STERN'S COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster sternanus
WATERER'S COTONEASTER	Cotoneaster x watereri
MIDLAND HAWTHORN	Crataegus laevigata
HAWTHORN	Crataegus monogyna
HYBRID COCKSPUR-THORN	Crataegus x lavallei
MEADOWSWEET	Filipendula ulmaria
DROPWORT	Filipendula vulgaris
WILD STRAWBERRY	Fragaria vesca
GARDEN STRAWBERRY	Fragaria x ananassa
WOOD AVENS	Geum urbanum
KERRIA	Kerria japonica
CULTIVATED APPLE	Malus domestica
CRAB APPLE	Malus sylvestris
TRAILING TORMENTIL	Potentilla anglica
SILVERWEED	Potentilla anserina
TORMENTIL	Potentilla erecta
CREEPING CINQUEFOIL	Potentilla reptans
WILD CHERRY	Prunus avium
CHERRY PLUM	Prunus cerasifera
DWARF CHERRY	Prunus cerasus
PLUM	Prunus domestica
CHERRY LAUREL	Prunus laurocerasus
PORTUGAL LAUREL	Prunus lusiticana
BIRD CHERRY	Prunus padus
BLACKTHORN	Prunus spinosa
FIRETHORN	Pyracantha coccinea
PEAR	Pyrus communis
WILLOW-LEAVED PEAR	Pyrus salicifolia
FIELD ROSE	Rosa arvensis
DOG ROSE	Rosa canina
CABBAGE ROSE	Rosa centifolia
RED-LEAVED ROSE	Rosa ferruginea
RED ROSE OF LANCASTER	Rosa gallica
RAMBLER ROSE	Rosa luciae agg.
SMALL-FLOWERED SWEET BRIAR	Rosa micrantha
SOFT DOWNY ROSE	Rosa mollis
MANY-FLOWERED ROSE	Rosa multiflora
ROUND-LEAVED DOG ROSE	Rosa obtusifolia
SWEET BRIAR	Rosa rubiginosa
JAPANESE ROSE	Rosa rugosa
SHERARD'S DOWNY ROSE	Rosa sherardii
SHORT-STYLED FIELD ROSE	Rosa stylosa
WHITE-ROSE-OF-YORK	Rosa x alba agg.
GIANT BLACKBERRY	Rubus armeniacus
DEWBERRY	Rubus caesius
WHITE-STEMMED BLACKBERRY	Rubus cockburnianus
BLACKBERRY	Rubus fruticosus agg.
RASPBERRY	Rubus idaeus
CUT-LEAVED BLACKBERRY	Rubus laciniatus
JAPANESE WINEBERRY	Rubus phoenicolasius
ELM-LEAVED BLACKBERRY	Rubus ulmifolius
SALAD BURNET	Sanguisorba minor
ENGLISH WHITEBEAM	Sorbus anglica
COMMON WHITEBEAM	Sorbus aria
ROWAN	Sorbus aucuparia
BRISTOL WHITEBEAM	Sorbus bristoliensis
ORANGE-FRUITED WHITEBEAM	Sorbus croceocarpa
SHARP-TOOTHED WHITEBEAM	Sorbus decipiens
ROUND-LEAVED WHITEBEAM	Sorbus eminens
FINNISH WHITEBEAM	Sorbus hybrida
SWEDISH WHITEBEAM	Sorbus intermedia
SERVICE-TREE OF FONTAINEBLEU	Sorbus latifolia
GREY-LEAVED WHITEBEAM	Sorbus porrigentiformis
WILMOTT'S WHITEBEAM	Sorbus wilmottiana
HEART-LEAVED BERGENIA	Bergenia cordifolia
ELEPHANT-EARS	Bergenia crassifolia
OPPOSITE-LEAVED GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE	Chrysosplenum oppositifolium
LONDON-PRIDE	Saxifraga x urbium
EUROPEAN SPINDLE	Euonymus europaeus
JAPANESE SPINDLE	Euonymus japonica
WOOD SPURGE	Euphorbia amygdaloides
MEDITERRANEAN SPURGE	Euphorbia characias
CYPRESS SPURGE	Euphorbia cyparissias
BALKAN SPURGE	Euphorbia elongata
DWARF SPURGE	Euphorbia exigua
SUN SPURGE	Euphorbia helioscopa
CAPER SPURGE	Euphorbia lathyris
SEA SPURGE	Euphorbia paralias
PETTY SPURGE	Euphorbia peplis
BROAD-LEAVED SPURGE	Euphorbia platyphyllos
ANNUAL MERCURY	Mercurialis annua
DOG'S MERCURY	Mercurialis perennis
TUTSAN	Hypericum androsaemum
ROSE-OF-SHARON	Hypericum calycinum
STINKING TUTSAN	Hypericum hircinum
HAIRY ST JOHN'S WORT	Hypericum hirsutum
TRAILING ST JOHN'S WORT	Hypericum humifusum
PALE ST JOHN'S WORT	Hypericum montanum
PERFORATE ST JOHN'S WORT	Hypericum perforatum
SLENDER ST JOHN'S WORT	Hypericum pulchrum
SQUARE-STALKED ST JOHN'S WORT	Hypericum tetrapterum
TALL TUTSAN	Hypericum x inodorum
BITING STONECROP	Sedum acre
WHITE STONECROP	Sedum album
ENGLISH STONECROP	Sedum anglicum
ROCK STONECROP	Sedum forsterianum
KAMCHATKA STONECROP	Sedum kamschatkum
REFLEXED STONECROP	Sedum rupestre
BUTTERFLY STONECROP	Sedum spectabile
CAUCASIAN STONECROP	Sedum spurium
LESSER CAUCASIAN STONECROP	Sedum stoloniferum
NAVELWORT	Umbilicus rupestris
STAG'S-HORN SUMACH	Rhus typhina
TAMARISK	Tamarix gallica
TEASEL	Dipsacus fullonum
SMALL TEASEL	Dipsacus pilosus
FIELD SCABIOUS	Knautia arvensis
PINCUSHION-FLOWER	Scabiosa caucasica
SMALL SCABIOUS	Scabiosa columbaria
DEVIL'S-BIT SCABIOUS	Succisa pratensis
THRIFT	Armeria maritima
LAX-FLOWERED SEA-LAVENDER	Limonium humile
COMMON SEA-LAVENDER	Limonium vulgare
TREE-OF-HEAVEN	Ailanthus altissima
RED VALERIAN	Centranthus ruber
COMMON VALERIAN	Valeriana officinalis
COMMON CORNSALAD	Valerianella locusta
ARGENTINE VERVAIN	Verbena bonariensis
VERVAIN	Verbena officinalis
COMMON WALNUT	Juglans regia
YELLOW WATER-LILY	Nuphar lutea
WHITE WATER-LILY	Nymphaea alba
PARROT'S-FEATHER	Myriophyllum aquaticum
WATER-PLANTAIN	Alisma plantago-aquatica
INTERMEDIATE WATER-STARWORT	Callitriche hamulata
COMMON WATER-STARWORT	Callitriche stagnalis
WHITE POPLAR	Populus alba
GREY POPLAR	Populus canescens
NECKLACE POPLAR	Populus deltoides
BLACK POPLAR	Populus nigra ssp. nigra
ASPEN	Populus tremula
WESTERN BALSAM POPLAR	Populus trichocarpa
HYBRID BLACK POPLAR	Populus x canadensis
BALM-OF-GILEAD	Populus x jackii (cv. "Aurora")
WHITE WILLOW	Salix alba
EARED WILLOW	Salix aurita
TRUE WEEPING WILLOW	Salix babylonica
GOAT WILLOW	Salix caprea
GREY WILLOW	Salix cinerea
VIOLET WILLOW	Salix daphnoides
OLIVE WILLOW	Salix elaeagnos
CRACK WILLOW	Salix fragilis
PURPLE WILLOW	Salix purpurea
ALMOND WILLOW	Salix triandra
COMMON OSIER	Salix viminalis
SHARP-STIPULED WILLOW	Salix x mollissima
Salix hybrid (Eared x Goat Willow)	Salix x multinervis
HYBRID CRACK-WILLOW	Salix x rubens
GOLDEN WEEPING WILLOW	Salix x sepulcralis
ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB	Chamerion angustifolium
ENCHANTER'S-NIGHTSHADE	Circaea lutetiana
NEW ZEALAND WILLOWHERB	Epilobium brunnescens
AMERICAN WILLOWHERB	Epilobium ciliatum
GREAT WILLOWHERB	Epilobium hirsutum
SPEAR-LEAVED WILLOWHERB	Epilobium lanceolatum
BROAD-LEAVED WILLOWHERB	Epilobium montanum
MARSH WILLOWHERB	Epilobium palustre
HOARY WILLOWHERB	Epilobium parviflorum
SQUARE-STALKED WILLOWHERB	Epilobium tetragonum
Willowherb hybrid (Great x Broad-leaved)	Epilobium x erroneum
COMMON EVENING-PRIMROSE	Oenothera biennis
SMALL-FLOWERED EVENING PRIMROSE	Oenothera cambrica
LARGE-FLOWERED EVENING PRIMROSE	Oenothera glaziovana
ROSY EVENING-PRIMROSE	Oenothera rosea
FRAGRANT EVENING-PRIMROSE	Oenothera stricta

And, just to start with, a few pictures of Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum), a presumably bird-sown specimen seen on a quick walk through urban Bristol this morning. I knew it was there so it's not a new "tick", but it's the first time I've seen the plant naturalised & in flower

[Lancashire Lad]

I love wild flowers, but don't always go out specifically hunting for new ones, so my overall count will probably always remain fairly low.

But this thread is going to be very interesting, and should become one of the ones to watch in 2009. From the evidence of what you found last year, I think that your determination to reach 1400 stands a very good chance.

Best of luck with your quest - and a Happy New Year.

Regards
Mike.

[leifus]

you will be busy good luck.

This year I managed 474 but I didn't get out very much. Next year I hope to bring that up to 550, but as I said I don't have much time due to school

I saw 12 orchid species this year. I aim to double that in 2009

[davidbr]

Thanks, Mike & leifus 474 isn't at all bad, and a lot of my plants were found in pretty unpromising areas of urban wasteland so if you live in or near a town you ought to be OK to add quite a few more this year.

As for my quest, it's not begun on the best of notes - so far I'm on minus one for the season, having misidentified Stinking Hellebore as Green Hellebore at Slimbridge last month

That ought to be one I can get back easily enough later in the spring, though - I've been told they're native to the Avon Gorge, which is one of my local patches.

[leifus]

Originally Posted by davidbr

Thanks, Mike & leifus 474 isn't at all bad, and a lot of my plants were found in pretty unpromising areas of urban wasteland so if you live in or near a town you ought to be OK to add quite a few more this year.

As for my quest, it's not begun on the best of notes - so far I'm on minus one for the season, having misidentified Stinking Hellebore as Green Hellebore at Slimbridge last month

That ought to be one I can get back easily enough later in the spring, though - I've been told they're native to the Avon Gorge, which is one of my local patches.

haha it turned out to be 475

[KeenTeen17]

559 hehe

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

159 hehe

too few

[leifus]

Originally Posted by leifus

haha it turned out to be 475

and then I counted up and found that it was actually 482

[davidbr]

What range of species does everyone count on their lists? Do you include ferns, sedges, rushes, grasses, bamboos etc, as on the BSBI database?

Personally I don't, but that's purely because the book I used to use for identification didn't cover them. They're all in Stace, so I guess there's no real reason for leaving them out - I just wondered what the consensus was?

[KeenTeen17]

All of the species counted in my total are the flowering species. I will probably go into ferns once I have sussed the chickweeds, mouseears, willowherbs and crucifers out first next year.

I still photograph ferns when I can. This year I have seen royal fern and a few others.

I have photographed a few rushes but only because they were growing next to my house and I wondered what they were - turns out they were toad rush and soft rush

[leifus]

Originally Posted by davidbr

What range of species does everyone count on their lists? Do you include ferns, sedges, rushes, grasses, bamboos etc, as on the BSBI database?

Personally I don't, but that's purely because the book I used to use for identification didn't cover them. They're all in Stace, so I guess there's no real reason for leaving them out - I just wondered what the consensus was?

i have included a few grasses and sedges yes but the majority are flowering plants.

not ferns though

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

All of the species counted in my total are the flowering species. I will probably go into ferns once I have sussed the chickweeds, mouseears, willowherbs and crucifers out first next year.

I still photograph ferns when I can. This year I have seen royal fern and a few others.

I have photographed a few rushes but only because they were growing next to my house and I wondered what they were - turns out they were toad rush and soft rush

what about the umbellifers, st' johns-worts and hawksbeards/hawkbits/hawkweeds? ;D lol

[davidbr]

Seven days into 2009, today brought the first two additions to my list - somewhat surprisingly on a bitterly cold day, with ice on the ground, in the Somerset village of Queen Charlton (near Bristol)

This one, thanks to the expertise of members on here, I've been able to put a name to as Ipheion (Ipheion uniflorum), apparently a South American member of the lily family. It was growing as a well-established patch underneath a hawthorn bush on the village green, but I'd never seen the plant before even in a garden

And the second? Well, it was bound to come eventually, though the first week of January is rather earlier than I'd expected - Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), one of the common spring flowers I'd missed through only starting my hunt in June last season.



Also in the same area, the first Primroses (Primula vulgaris) of the year had just about survived the cold spell, as had Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) on the shelter of an old stone wall - this plant seems to be flowering right through the winter this year

[leifus]

awesome - im on about 5 so far this year and i agree with the ivy-kleaved toadflax

[KeenTeen17]

no primroses yet. but I did find something quite unusual the other day.

It was a fresh sun spurge in flower. Obviously a new one that had just come up

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by davidbr

Seven days into 2009, today brought the first two additions to my list - somewhat surprisingly on a bitterly cold day, with ice on the ground, in the Somerset village of Queen Charlton (near Bristol)

This one, thanks to the expertise of members on here, I've been able to put a name to as Ipheion (Ipheion uniflorum), apparently a South American member of the lily family. It was growing as a well-established patch underneath a hawthorn bush on the village green, but I'd never seen the plant before even in a garden

And the second? Well, it was bound to come eventually, though the first week of January is rather earlier than I'd expected - Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), one of the common spring flowers I'd missed through only starting my hunt in June last season.



Also in the same area, the first Primroses (Primula vulgaris) of the year had just about survived the cold spell, as had Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) on the shelter of an old stone wall - this plant seems to be flowering right through the winter this year

why don't you post these on the flower of the day thread? Weve got a nice record of the winter on there.

you'll see on there that I've posted what Ive seen today

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

why don't you post these on the flower of the day thread? Weve got a nice record of the winter on there.

you'll see on there that I've posted what Ive seen today

Have done

According to the weather forecast we're meant to be getting some warmer weather over the weekend, so maybe a few more spring species will be up in the next couple of weeks?

[leifus]

Originally Posted by davidbr

Have done

According to the weather forecast we're meant to be getting some warmer weather over the weekend, so maybe a few more spring species will be up in the next couple of weeks?

the aconite should be up soon - especially with some warmer weather

[davidbr]

I'm still looking for a reliable site for Winter Aconite (because the one I had been told about & earmarked turned out to have been blatantly planted...), so if anyone knows of one, I'd be very grateful

[KeenTeen17]

what area of the country are you prepared for? Worden Park has a very well established patch of aconites. been there 25 years I have been told by an expert botanist.

[davidbr]

If necessary I'd be prepared to travel as far as it takes - I'm already intending to go to Warley Place, Essex, in March & Llandudno, Anglesey & the Scilly Isles in June - July.

I don't know of anywhere "local" where aconites grow, although I suppose I might just come across some on the off-chance - the Avon Gorge turned up a weird & wonderful range of aliens last season

[leifus]

we have 2 or 3 under a hedge in our garden that mum found one day while digging a flower bed

[davidbr]

So far it's been a pretty quiet January, with no new additions to the photo database (at least, no positively identified ones - if you've read the "holly" thread you'll have seen I've come across one plant that's causing me some serious headaches )

Generally I've just been improving on images I've already got; re-visiting the sites I know of for Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) & Adam's-needle (Yucca filamentosa), plus adding a few new pictures of Primrose (Primula vulgaris), Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) & Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) - one that I'm ashamed to say that, like a lot of common "weeds", I've never really looked at properly before...

I guess the cold weather has delayed the arrival of Spring, because I haven't managed to find any Lesser Celandines in flower yet and a lot of the bulbs are only just poking their leaves above ground down here. Tomorrow, hopefully, I can finally track down the site for Silk-tassel (Garrya elliptica) that's meant to exist in the Avon Gorge, and maybe there might even be a few Green Hellebores out in flower - it'd be good to get a genuine one after "stringing" several Stinking Hellebores as that species

[leifus]

so far ive got......

petty spurge
snowdrop
winter jasmine
groundsel
daisy
gorse
winter heliotrope
primrose
greater periwinkle
ivy-leaved toadflax
common dandelion
winter aconite

[davidbr]

There's not been a lot of activity on here lately, but that's not because I've given up - unfortunately I spent early/mid February as a guest of the NHS, so the only "plant" I could see was the artificial monstrosity at the nurses' station looking even sicker than I was Thanks to the British climate, however, it doesn't seem I missed a huge amount - apart from the snow (the worst for 18 years, I heard?) that Suzie, my lovely "personal nurse" during my stay on ITU, constantly moaned about having to fight her way to work through

Anyway, it did give me the chance to review the oustanding entries stuck in my "Unidentified" folder and, although I'm still not 100% happy, I've put names to two I'd posted help threads about both and there wasn't really total agreement, but the "holly" I found in early January in a wood near my house, I've decided to take the advice from a very knowledgeable PM I received (sorry, I've since deleted them all so can't give proper credit...) and put it down as cultivar "Wilsonii" of Highclere Holly, Ilex x altaclerensis (I don't count garden cultivars seperately).

There was also a stunted labiate, growing in a tray of seed-sown Purple Shamrock on my kitchen window, that really pushed the boundaries of what could be counted as a "wild" plant since, to my knowledge, it'd never experienced the great outdoors! It was clearly an impurity in the compost, though, and its' unorthodox growing conditions made it a real xexexexexexe to identify; after advice on here (some agreeing, some not...) and a lot of searching on Google Image, the only match I can find is Henbit Dead-nettle, Lamium amplexicaule - I've never seen this plant previously in the wild and, I guess, it'd look a bit different with sufficient space to spread its' roots!

The beauty of taking photos, of course, is that you can always go back and re-review your decisions I'm going to pot my Henbit Dead-nettle up seperately, give it a bit more room to grow and see what it comes out like - that's the only way I think I'll ever know for sure if my ID was correct...

Anyway, here's the pictures again from the WaB Gallery of what I've now entered as Henbit Dead-nettle (a different view) and Highclere Holly - opinions, as always, very very welcome