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Species Cards


The Cornfield Flowers Project works with around 120 locally significant arable wildflowers. For further details on some of these, including a unique description of our experiences with the plant, rarity status and distribution in North-east Yorkshire, see our Species Cards below. We are continually adding to the list, so please check this page for updates.
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Annual knawel | Scleranthus annuus | |
Basil thyme | Clinopodium acinos | |
Bird's-foot | Ornithopus perpusillus | |
Black-bindweed | Fallopia convolvulus | |
Bugloss | Anchusa arvensis | |
Bur chervil | Anthriscus caucalis | |
Buttercups: | ||
Corn buttercup | Ranunculus arvensis | |
Hairy buttercup | Ranunculus sardous | |
Small-flowered buttercup | Ranunculus parviflorus | |
Campions and catchflies: | ||
Night-flowering catchfly | Silene noctiflora | |
Red campion | Silene dioica | |
Small-flowered catchfly | Silene gallica | |
White campion | Silene latifolia | |
Clovers: | ||
Hare's-foot clover | Trifolium arvense | |
Knotted clover | Trifolium striatum | |
Common stork's bill | Erodium cicutarium | |
Common toadflax | Linaria vulgaris | |
Corn marigold | Chrysanthemum segetum | |
Corn mint | Mentha arvensis | |
Corn parsley | Petroselinum segetum | |
Corn spurrey | Spergula arvensis | |
Corncockle | Agrostemma githago | |
Cornfield knotgrass | Polygonum rurivagum | |
Cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
Cornsalads: | ||
Common cornsalad | Valerianella locusta | |
Keeled-fruited cornsalad | Valerianella carinata | |
Narrow-fruited cornsalad | Valerianella dentata | |
Crane's-bills: | ||
Cut-leaved crane's-bill | Geranium dissectum | |
Dove's-foot crane's-bill | Geranium molle | |
Small-flowered crane's bill | Geranium pusillum | |
Dead-nettles: | ||
Cut-leaved dead-nettle | Lamium hybridum | |
Henbit dead-nettle | Lamium amplexicaule | |
Red dead-nettle | Lamium purpureum | |
White dead-nettle | Lamium album | |
Fiddleneck | Amsinckia micrantha | |
Field gromwell | (Lithospermum arvense | |
Field madder | Sherardia arvensis | |
Field penny-cress | Thlaspi arvense | |
Field woundwort | Stachys arvensis | |
Flixweed | Descurainia sophia | |
Fluellens: | ||
Round-leaved fluellen | Kickxia spuria | |
Sharp-leaved fluellen | Kickxia elatine | |
Fool's parsley | Aethusa cynapium | |
Forget-me-nots: | ||
Changing forget-me-not | Myosotis discolor | |
Early forget-me-not | Myosotis ramosissima | |
Field forget-me-not | Myosotis arvensis | |
Fumitories: | ||
Common fumitory | Fumaria officinalis | |
Common ramping-fumitory | Fumaria muralis ssp. boraei | |
Dense-flowered fumitory | Fumaria densiflora | |
Few-flowered fumitory | Fumaria vaillantii | |
Fine-leaved fumitory | Fumaria parviflora) | |
Purple Ramping-fumitory | Fumaria purpurea | |
White ramping fumitory | Fumaria capreolata | |
Hemp-nettles: | ||
Common hemp-nettle | Galeopsis tetrahit/Galeopsis bifida | |
Large-flowered hemp-nettle | Galeopsis speciosa | |
Red hemp-nettle | Galeopsis angustifolia | |
Mousetail | Myosurus minimus | |
Nipplewort | Lapsana communis | |
Pansies: | ||
Field pansy | Viola arvensis | |
Wild pansy | Viola tricolor | |
Parsley-pierts: | ||
Parsley-piert | Aphanes arvensis | |
Slender parsley-piert | Aphanes australis | |
Pheasant's-eye | Adonis annua | |
Poppies: | ||
Common poppy | Papaver rhoeas | |
Long-headed poppy | Papaver dubium | |
Prickly poppy | Papaver argemone | |
Rough poppy | Papaver hybridium | |
Yellow-juiced poppy | Papaver lecoqii | |
Scarlet pimpernel | Anagallis arvensis | |
Scarlet pimpernel - blue flowered | Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis forma azurea | |
Shepherd's-needle | Scandix pecten-veneris | |
Small nettle | Urtica urens | |
Small toadflax | Chaenorhinum minus | |
Smooth cat's-ear | Hypochaeris glabra | |
Speedwells: | ||
Common field-speedwell | Veronica persica | |
Germander speedwell | Veronica chamaedrys | |
Green field-speedwell | Veronica agrestis | |
Grey field-speedwell | Veronica polita | |
Ivy-leaved speedwell | Veronica hederifolia | |
Thyme-leaved speedwell | Veronica serpyllifolia | |
Wall speedwell | Veronica arvensis | |
Spurges: | ||
Dwarf spurge | Euphorbia exigua | |
Petty spurge | Euphorbia peplus | |
Sun spurge | Euphorbia helioscopia | |
Tares: | ||
Hairy tare | Vicia hirsuta | |
Smooth tare | Vicia tetrasperma | |
Thorn apple | Datura stramonium | |
Treacle mustard | Erysimum cheiranthoides | |
Venus's-looking-glass | Legousia hybrida | |
Viper's-bugloss | Echium vulgare | |
Weasel's-snout | Misopates orontium | |
Wild radish | Raphanus raphanistrum | |
Non-arable species: | ||
Bithynian vetch | Vicia bithynica | |
Common calamint | Clinopodium ascendens | |
Dyer's greenweed | Genista tinctoria | |
May lily | Maianthemum bifolium | |
Purple milk-vetch | Astragalus danicus | |
Royal fern | Osmunda regalis | |
Wild clary | Salvia verbenaca | |
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