March Flashcards
Urtica dioica
Hair adaptation on leaves for protection- hollow hairs are full of toxin
Yellow root systems
Perennial weed
good for native butterflies
show that there is high fertility in the soil
Taraxacum officianalis
Asteraceae family
Storage tap root
Perennial weed
Stellaria media
chickweed
edible
sets seed and is prolific
Corydalis flexuosa
marginal water areas of pond and marsh
Long blue tubular flower with white throat
-spreading mat of fern like foliage
Capsella bursapastoris
Shepherds purse
basal rosette, triangular seed pods that resemble a purse
repeat flowering in the brassiceae family so can carry diseases associated with this clubroot/ whitefly
Calystegia septum
Hedge bindweed
white trumpet shaped flowers
large heart shaped leaves, climbs and strangles everything in its path. Perennial weed.
Aegopodium podagraria
Ground elder
Shallow rooted, 3 lobed leaf from Apiaceae family, flowers in white umbels
Think white root
perennial weed
Typha angustifolia
Lesser bullrush
pond dwelling
tuberous root, rounded leaf end and chocolate coloured seed pod
invasive deciduous perennial
divide at root
Primula vulgaris
Wild primrose
Spring flower green wrinkly leaves
yellow white or pale pink flowers with a scent
Pontederia cordata
Marginal aquatic perennial
heart/ oval/ lance shaped leaf and tall blue spikes of small tubular deep blue flowers in late Summer
Lewisia cotyledon
An alpine- favours free draining gravel type soil and exposures
Spring and Summer Cluster of flowers on a long 20cm stem
Long rounded succulent leaf in an evergreen basal rosette
Iris pseudacorus
Yellow flag iris
Poisonous
Flat, matt semi glaucous foliage
Herbaceous perennial
Grows in water and in margins
Fritillaria meleagris
Snakeshead fritillary
Lily family
Tall thin, grey green leaves
Purple open nodding flowers attractive to bees
Approx 30cm
Spring flowering
Euphorbia characias subspecies wulfenii
Mediterranean spurge
Evergreen
Grey Green lance shaped leaves with lime green cupped half sphere bracts in a spike in a Poisonous sap
Caltha palustris
Marsh marigold
Leggy large glossy leaved, waterlily type pad flowers from the buttercup family- large yellow flowers
marginal pond/ stream plant- cannot tolerate complete and constant submersion
Armeria maritime
Sea thrift
Alpine naturally growing in rocky cliff edges
exposed areas, compact, evergreen
short thin leafy tuft and tall tough stem with umbel of pink flowers in cylinder on top.
Coastal/ cliff top/ mountain exposure
Spring flowering
Fritillaria imperialis
Crown imperials
Liliaceae family
Green foliage smells strongly of weed
Grows up to 1m with tuft of spiky leaves
Spring Orange bell shaped flowers hang in clusters beneath leaves
Need warm sunny position and deep planting (30cm) on their side so as not to rot when dormant in Summer
