Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Asarum europaeum (European Wild Ginger)

Asarum europaeum is a low-growing, evergreen groundcover reaching 10-15 cm tall, prized for glossy kidney-shaped leaves that carpet shaded woodland floors. Native across central and southern Europe from France to...

Asarum europaeum (European Wild Ginger)

Asarum europaeum is a low-growing, evergreen groundcover reaching 10-15 cm tall, prized for glossy kidney-shaped leaves that carpet shaded woodland floors. Native across central and southern Europe from France to...

Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly Pear)

Opuntia humifusa is a low-growing, spreading cactus of the Cactaceae family, native to sandy and rocky habitats across eastern and central North America from Ontario to Florida. Plants grow 15-45...

Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly Pear)

Opuntia humifusa is a low-growing, spreading cactus of the Cactaceae family, native to sandy and rocky habitats across eastern and central North America from Ontario to Florida. Plants grow 15-45...

Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)

Centranthus ruber is a robust perennial of Mediterranean origin that has naturalised extensively on walls, cliffs, railway cuttings, and dry hedgebanks across western Europe, producing dense clusters of red, pink,...

Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)

Centranthus ruber is a robust perennial of Mediterranean origin that has naturalised extensively on walls, cliffs, railway cuttings, and dry hedgebanks across western Europe, producing dense clusters of red, pink,...

Dipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel)

Dipsacus fullonum is a stately architectural biennial reaching 100-200 cm, producing distinctive spiny egg-shaped flower heads with rings of lilac-purple florets that open in bands around the head from July...

Dipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel)

Dipsacus fullonum is a stately architectural biennial reaching 100-200 cm, producing distinctive spiny egg-shaped flower heads with rings of lilac-purple florets that open in bands around the head from July...

Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain)

Plantago lanceolata is a rosette-forming perennial of the Plantaginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia but now one of the most cosmopolitan weeds worldwide, found on every continent including sub-Antarctic...

Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain)

Plantago lanceolata is a rosette-forming perennial of the Plantaginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia but now one of the most cosmopolitan weeds worldwide, found on every continent including sub-Antarctic...

Cakile maritima (European Sea Rocket)

Cakile maritima is a fleshy, bushy annual of the Brassicaceae family, native to sandy beaches and strand lines across Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, and widely naturalised on coastlines...

Cakile maritima (European Sea Rocket)

Cakile maritima is a fleshy, bushy annual of the Brassicaceae family, native to sandy beaches and strand lines across Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, and widely naturalised on coastlines...