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Wildflowers - Common name | Latin name | Approx location |
Agrimony | Agrimonia eupatoria | |
Alexanders | Smyrnium olusatrum | In field margin of field north of The Hill |
Biting Stonecrop | sedum acre | |
Black Knapweed | centaurea nigra | |
Bladder Campion | Silene vulgaris | in fields behind herberts |
Bluebell | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | by river |
Borage | Borago officinalis | various locations |
Burdock | Arctium sp. | near river |
Canadian Fleabane | Conzya canadensis | Field margins |
Chicory | Cichorium intybus | |
Cleavers | Galium aparine | various locations |
Comfrey | Symphytum sp | |
Common Mallow | Malva sylvestris | Various locations |
Common Nettle | Urtica dioica | very common around village |
Common Poppy | Ppaver rhoeas | Various locations |
Creeping Buttercup | Ranunculus repens | very common around village |
Creeping Cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans | various locations |
Creeping Thistle | Cirsium arvense | Widespread |
Cuckoo Flower | Cardamine pratensis | in Horse field west of Ivel |
Daisy | Bellis perennis | very common around village |
Dandelion | Traxacum agg | very common around village |
Duke Of Argylls Tea Plant | Lycium barbarum | Bottom of The Hill |
Early Forget-me-not | Myostis ramosissima | Blunham playing fields |
Fat Hen | Chenopodium album | Various locations |
Field Forget-me-not | Myostis arvensis | very common around village |
Field Scabious | Knautia arvensis | Route 51 |
Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata | by river |
Giant Hogweed | Heracleum mantegazzianum | Private land adjacent to footpath west of Ivel running south from weir |
Great Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum | Various locations |
Greater Burdock | Arctium lappa | Field margins |
Greater Knapweed | Centaurea scabiosa | Route 51 |
Greater plantain | Plantago major | various locations |
Ground Ivy | Glechoma hederacea | west bank of the ivel |
Groundsel | Senecio vulgaris | various locations |
Hedge Bindweed | Calystegia sepium | various locations |
Hedgerow Cranesbill | Geranium pyrenaicum | Route 51 |
Himalayan Balsam | Impatiens glandulifera | Private land adjacent to footpath west of Ivel running south from weir |
Hoary Cress | Lepidium draba | Foot path running north from The Hill |
Hogweed | Heracleum sphondylium | near river |
Honesty | Lunaria annua | In hedgrow near the weir & along Station Road |
Hop Trefoil | Trifiolium campestre | Field margins on path to G Barford |
Hounds Tongue | Cynoglossum officinale | Route 51 |
Ivy-leaved Toadflax | Cymbalaria muralis | Along the highstreet |
Lesser Burdock | Arctium minus | Field margins |
Lesser Celandine | Ranunculus ficarua | path by sheeps field near river |
Lesser Trefoil | Trifolium dubium | Blunham playing fields |
Lucerne | Medicago sativa | |
Marsh Thistle | Cirsium paulstre | Near river |
Meadow Saxifrage | Saxifraga granulata | Church yard |
Meadow vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis | |
Meadowsweet | Filipendula ulmaria | R Ivel |
Mugwort | Artemesia vulgaris | Widespread |
Nipplewort | Lapsana communis | Various locations |
Perennial Sow-thistle | Sonchus arvensis | Field margins |
Petty spurge | Euphorbia peplus | various locations |
Prickly Lettuce | Lactuca serriola | Field margins |
Prickly Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper | |
Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | R Ivel & R Ouse |
Pyramidal Orchid | Anacamptis pyrimidalis | near old railway line in meadow just before tunnel |
Reedmace | Typha latifolia | |
Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata | various locations |
Rosebay Willowherb | Chamerion angustifolium | various locations |
Sainfoin | Onibrychis viciifolia | |
Shepherds Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris | Blunham playing fields |
Smooth Sow-thistle | Sonchus oleraceus | |
Southern Marsh Orchid | Dactylorhiza pratermissa | |
Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare | Various locations |
Speedwell Sp. | Veronica sp. | west bank of the ivel |
Spotted Medic | Medicago arabica | various areas of amenity grassland through village |
Water Crowfoot | Ranunculus batrachium | River |
White Campion | Silene latifolia | west bank of the ivel |
White Clover | Trifolium repens | Various locations |
White Dead-nettle | Lamium alba | by river |
Wild Arum | Arum maculatum | by river |
Winter Aconite | Garden escape Blunham Grange? | |
Wood Avens | Geum urbanum | various locations |
Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | various locations |
Yellow Iris | Iris pseudoacorus | River |
Yellow Loosestrife | Lysimachia punctata |