Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw)

Galium verum is a spreading perennial of the Rubiaceae, native across Europe and western Asia, reaching 15-80 cm tall with dense, terminal panicles of tiny, bright yellow, honey-scented flowers from...

Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw)

Galium verum is a spreading perennial of the Rubiaceae, native across Europe and western Asia, reaching 15-80 cm tall with dense, terminal panicles of tiny, bright yellow, honey-scented flowers from...

Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious)

Knautia arvensis is a herbaceous perennial of the Caprifoliaceae (formerly Dipsacaceae), native across Europe and western Asia. Plants reach 30-100 cm with lilac-blue pincushion flower heads 3-4 cm across, blooming...

Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious)

Knautia arvensis is a herbaceous perennial of the Caprifoliaceae (formerly Dipsacaceae), native across Europe and western Asia. Plants reach 30-100 cm with lilac-blue pincushion flower heads 3-4 cm across, blooming...

Trollius europaeus (Globe Flower)

Trollius europaeus, the Globe Flower, produces perfectly spherical, glowing yellow flowers 3-5 cm across, formed by 10-15 incurving, petal-like sepals that create a distinctive globe shape, on erect stems 30-70...

Trollius europaeus (Globe Flower)

Trollius europaeus, the Globe Flower, produces perfectly spherical, glowing yellow flowers 3-5 cm across, formed by 10-15 incurving, petal-like sepals that create a distinctive globe shape, on erect stems 30-70...

Sanguisorba minor (Salad Burnet)

Sanguisorba minor is a compact rosette-forming perennial of the Rosaceae, growing 20-50 cm tall, native to calcareous grasslands across Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. Its small, rounded, green-and-crimson flower...

Sanguisorba minor (Salad Burnet)

Sanguisorba minor is a compact rosette-forming perennial of the Rosaceae, growing 20-50 cm tall, native to calcareous grasslands across Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. Its small, rounded, green-and-crimson flower...

Trifolium repens (White Clover)

Trifolium repens is a low-growing, stoloniferous perennial legume of the Fabaceae, native to Europe and central Asia but now the most widely distributed clover species worldwide. Plants creep along the...

Trifolium repens (White Clover)

Trifolium repens is a low-growing, stoloniferous perennial legume of the Fabaceae, native to Europe and central Asia but now the most widely distributed clover species worldwide. Plants creep along the...

Androsace alpina (Alpine Rock Jasmine)

Androsace alpina is one of the highest-altitude flowering plants in the Alps, forming dense, hard cushions just 1-3 cm tall that can survive above 4,000 m on exposed siliceous rock....

Androsace alpina (Alpine Rock Jasmine)

Androsace alpina is one of the highest-altitude flowering plants in the Alps, forming dense, hard cushions just 1-3 cm tall that can survive above 4,000 m on exposed siliceous rock....