Plants and algae in United Kingdom
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Common chickweed (Stellaria media)
Common chickweed is a very common weed . It is extremely variable in its appearance, but generally…
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Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg)
Dandelions are well-known, robust weeds; the common name derives from the French 'dent de lion'…
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Common duckweed (Lemna gibba)
This duckweed is one of Britain's most common small water plants, which forms familiar green mats…
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Common holly (Ilex aquifolium)
With its bright red berries (found only on female plants), and shiny evergreen leaves, the native…
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Common nettle (Urtica dioica)
The common or stinging nettle is a well-known and highly successful 'weed' species . The roots are…
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Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
The common poppy is a familiar wild flower, which has long been a symbol of death and rebirth, and…
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Common reed (Phragmites australis)
This common reed forms large beds in shallow water; it has round, hollow stems, which typically grow…
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Common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
Common water-plantain is a stout aquatic herb with oval-shaped leaves, which may be rounded or…
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Convergent stonewort (Chara connivens)
Stoneworts used to be classified as members of the plant kingdom, but it is now agreed that they…
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Corn buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Corn buttercup produces yellow flowers with shiny petals on an erect, leafy stem . The leaves are…
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Corn cleavers (Galium tricornutum)
Corn cleavers is an endangered plant that has bristly stems and produces thin leaves in whorls of up…
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Corncockle (Agrostemma githago)
This attractive tall cornfield plant has purple flowers which occur singly on the top of long stalks…
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Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
The attractive flowers of the cornflower are a bright celebratory blue, distinctive enough to have…
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Cornish path moss (Ditrichum cornubicum)
The extremely rare Cornish path moss (Ditrichum cornubicum) was first discovered in 1963 and only…
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Cotswold pennycress (Thlaspi perfoliatum)
Perfoliate, or 'Cotswold' penny-cress is an unusual member of the cabbage family, with one or more…
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