Plant Height from Text Border

Blue = 0-24 inches (0-60 cms)

Green=24-72 inches (60-180 cms)

Red = 72+ inches (180+ cms)

Plant Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

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Marjorie Blamey's Wild Flowers by Colour by Marjorie Blamey (ISBN 0-7136-7237-4. Published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd in 2005) has illustrations of each wild flower of Britain and Northern Europe split into the following 13 colours.

Instead of colour illustrations, this plant gallery has thumbnail pictures of wild flowers of Britain in the same colour split system:-

White A-D and Habitats of Saltmarshes, Beaches, Rocks and Cliff Tops
White E-P and Other Habitats
White Q-Z and Number of Petals

Cream and Coastal Sandy Shores and Dunes

Yellow A-G and Pollinator
Yellow H-Z and Poisonous Plants

Orange and Habitat of Hedgerows and Road Verges

Red and Habitat of Pinewoods

Pink A-G and Habitats of Lakes, Canals and Rivers
Pink H-Z and Habitats of Marshes, Fens and Bogs

Mauve and Habitat of Grassland - Acid, Neutral or Chalk

Purple and Habitats of Old Buildings and Walls

Blue and Flower Legend

Green and Habitat of Broad-leaved Woods

Brown and Food for Butterfly / Moth

Multi-Coloured and Habitats of Heaths and Moors

Shrub and Small Tree and Habitats of River Banks and Other Freshwater Margins
Seed 1 and Scented Flower, Foliage or Root
Seed 2 and Story of Their Common Names
Non-Flower Plants and Non-Flowering Plant Use
Introduction and Edible Plant Parts
Site Map and Use of Plant
 

Wildflowers with Red Flowers

Wildflower Common Plant Name

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Flowering Months

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to view photos

Habitat
 

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to view further Natural Habitat details and Botanical Society of the British Isles Distri-bution Map

Number of Petals

Without Petals.

1 Petal or Comp-osite of many 1 Petal Flowers as Disc or Ray Floret .

2 Petals.
3 Petals.
4 Petals.
5 Petals.
6 Petals.
Over 6 Petals.

Foliage Colour

Height x Spread in inches (cms)

(1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12 inches = 1 foot = 30 cms,
24 inches = 2 feet,
3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 100 cms)
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text
to view its Wildflower FAMILY Page

Comment
and
Botanical Name

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to link to Plant or Seed Supplier

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/NOTE
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Adonis flammea

Babington's Poppy is
Papaver lecoqii (Papaver dubium subsp. lecoqii)

klaproos; eigen foto. by Rob Hooft at Dutch Wikipedia, via Wikimedia Commons

Poppy family

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June-August

This annual is found in arable fields and in other disturbed open ground such as on roadsides, railway tracks and waste land, in gardens and along hedges. It is most frequent on heavy calcareous soils, and can be found in both spring- and autumn-sown crops. The seed can be very long-lived.

Petals 2+2, fugacious - plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time -, crumpled in bud

Green

24 x
(60 x )

Papaver lecoqii (Papaver dubium subsp. lecoqii)

Grown for their cup-shaped flowers. Suitable for coastal conditions.

Bitter Vetch

Bristly Poppy (Rough Poppy, Long Rough-headed Poppy, Round Prickly-headed Poppy) is
Papaver hybridum

Poppy family

June-August

Crimson with purplish-black spot at the base flowers in June-August followed by egg-shaped seed pods thickly covered with long spreading straw-coloured bristles

This annual occurs in arable crops, and sometimes in other disturbed habitats. It is most frequent on chalky soils, but also grows on other limestones and on calcareous sands. The seed, which can be long-lived, germinates in both autumn and spring.

Petals 2+2, fugacious - plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time -, crumpled in bud

Light Green pinnately lobed and bristle-pointed.

Annual herb with slender tap-root and erect branching stems, stiffly hairy with spreading or appressed hairs

6-18 x 12 (15-45 x 30)

Visited by various pollen-collecting insects, especially bees. No nectar. Probably self-sterile.

Papaver hybridum

Chenopodium foliosum

Common Poppy - See Corn Poppy below

Cornfield Knotgrass

Corn Poppy (Common Poppy, Field Poppy) is
Papaver rhoeas

Poppy family

The commonest poppy in Southern England is a native weed.

June onwards

Scarlet, rarely pink or white in June-August followed by dark brown seeds in a large capsule.

An annual of arable fields and other disturbed and open habitats. It is most frequent on light, calcareous soils. It is sensitive to herbicide, but can be abundant in unsprayed strips in fields. Its seed can be very long-lived. It is also frequent in wild-flower seed mixtures and occurs as a garden escape.

Petals 2+2, fugacious - plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time -, crumpled in bud

Light Green basal leaves, divided with narrow acute toothed bristle-pointed segments. Upper leaves usually 3-lobed, cut or toothed. All leaves stiffly hairy.

12-24 x 12 (30-60 x 30)

Visited by various pollen-collecting insects, especially bees. No nectar. Probably self-sterile.

Papaver rhoeas

Crimson Clover

Dark Red Helleborine

Deptford Pink is
Dianthus armeria

Pink family

Grass Vetchling

Great Burnet

Hairy Vetchling

Heart-flowered Orchid

Hound's-tongue

Kidney Vetch

Lathyrus sphaericus

Long-Headed Poppy (Long Smooth-headed Poppy) is
Papaver dubium

Poppy family

June-August

Pale Scarlet in June-July followed by long hairless seed-pods with purplish-black seeds.

Photos

An annual found principally in arable fields, where it can occur on both light and heavy calcareous soils. It is also found on waste ground by roadsides and railways, and in gardens. The seed is very long-lived.

The commonest poppy in the North is also a native weed.

Petals 2+2, fugacious - plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time -, crumpled in bud.

If after cutting, the base of the stems are held for a few seconds in a flame or boiling water, the flowers will last several days in water.

Light green basal leaves, divided with narrow acute toothed bristle-pointed segments. Upper leaves usually 3-lobed, cut or toothed. All leaves stiffly hairy.

18 x 18 (45 x 45)

Flowers visited by various pollen-collecting insects, especially bees. No nectar. Probably self-sterile.

Papaver dubium

Prefers sandy soil without lime.

Use in Wildflower meadows, Butterfly & Bee Gardens, Cut Flowers.

Pale Poppy , Long Prickly-headed Poppy, Prickly Poppy is
Papaver argemone

Poppy family

May-July

Scarlet with a dark base in June-July followed by sparsely bristled, long narrow seed-pods

An annual of arable crops, usually found on field edges and in unsprayed corners, often in small numbers. It is most frequent on light sandy, gravelly and chalky soils. Rarely, it occurs on waste ground. Poisonous.

Petals 2+2, fugacious - plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time -, crumpled in bud.

Light green leaves twice pinnately lobed and stiffly hairy

12 x 6
(30 x 15)

Probably often selfed before flowers open.

Papaver argemone

The UK's only poppy with sparsely bristled, long narrow seed-pods.

Use in Garden flower border or cornfield meadow

Peony, Wild Peony is
Paeonia mascula

Paeonia mascula, Hilel mt. (Israel). By Setreset, via Wikimedia Commons.

Peony family
 

April-May

Deep purple-red flowers.

A perennial herb which is naturalised on rocky limestone slopes. On Steep Holm (N. Somerset) it grows on the steep eastern slopes of the island, where there is some protection from westerly gales.

5-8 Petals

Paeonia mascula flowers for just one week of the year normally in May or June in the Northern Hem-isphere.

Large, dark green, shiny leaves

12-24 x
(30-60 x )

Flowers visited by various insects chiefly for pollen.

Paeonia mascula

Ideal conditions are light (sandy) soils although most peonies can grow in heavy clay soil. The Wild Peony prefers acid and neutral soils, can grow in semi-shade and tolerates drought.

Pheasant's-eye is
Adonis annua , Adonis autumnalis

Buttercup family

June onwards

An arable weed of dry soils on chalk and limestone, also recorded from tracks, chalk pits and other disturbed habitats. Seed production is low but there is a long-lived soil seed bank. Most populations are small and restricted to field edges.

5-8 Petals

Green feathery foliage

16 x 6
(40 x 15)

Pollinated by bees.

Adonis annua

In chalky cornfields in Southern England

Prickly Poppy - see Pale Poppy above

Ragged Robin is
Lychnis flos-cuculi

Pink family

Red Catchfly is
Viscaria vulgaris and Lychnis viscaria

Pink family

Red Horned-poppy

Petals 2+2, fugacious - plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time -, crumpled in bud

Red Valerian

Rough Poppy - See Bristly Poppy above

Scarlet Pimpernel is
Anagallis arvensis

Primrose family

Flowers vermilion, with a purple eye, but sometimes pink, flesh, maroon, lilac or blue.
Jun onwards

Spiked Water-milfoil is
Myriophyllum spicatum

Water-milfoil

Strawberry-blight

Summer Pheasant's-eye

Thyme Broomrape

Tuberous Pea

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