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Hamatocaulis vernicosus
(Slender green feather moss)
Slender green feather moss is a straggling moss, which has green to brown erect shoots, with hooked tips, reminiscent of a walking...
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Hieracium snowdoniense
(Snowdonia hawkweed)
The Snowdonia hawkweed is one of the world's rarest plants with just one surviving specimen known. Amazingly, it was rediscovered...
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Himantoglossum hircinum
(Lizard orchid)
This tall orchid carries up to 150 greenish-purple flowers on the flower spike. The common name refers to the flowers, which are...
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Hyacinthoides non-scripta
(Bluebell)
The bluebell, popularly thought of as Britain's national flower, is a bulbous spring flowering plant. When growing
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Hypericum linariifolium
(Flax-leaved St John's-wort)
Flax-leaved St John's-wort (also known as toadflax-leaved St John's-wort) has reddish stems, and produces bright yellow flowers...
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