Index of Rare Plants


Latin Name English Name Place found Date found
Aceras anthropophorum Man Orchid Ranscombe Farm, Kent 03 Jun 2007
Adiantum capillus-veneris Maidenhair Fern Burren 12 Jun 2003
Ajuga pyramidalis Pyramidal Bugle Near Golspie 16 May 2007
Alchemilla glomerulans Lady's-mantle West Pennine 16 June 2008
Althaea officinalis Marsh-mallow Crofty marshes 11 August 2009
Andromeda polifolia Bog Rosemary Flaxmere 17 May 2004
Arabis petraea Northern Rock cress Snowdon 02 Jun 2004
Asplenium obovatum Lanceolate Spleenwort Sychnant Pass 18 May 2004
Asplenium septentrionale Forked Spleenwort Trefriew 18 May 2004
Brassica oleracea Cabbage Llandudno 17 May 2004
Campanula patula Spreading Bellflower Redbrook Woods 06 Sep 2005
Cardamine bulbifera Coralroot Scalby 11 Jun 2005
Cardamine impatiens Narrow-leaved Bitter-cress Chee Dale 23 May 2005
Carex atrata Black Alpine-sedge Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Carex capillaris Hair Sedge Teesdale 21 Jun 2005
Carex digitata Fingered Sedge Valley Forge 11 Jun 2005
Carex ericetorum Rare Spring-sedge Arnside 18 April 2006
Carex maritima Curved Sedge Spey Bay 14 May 2007
Carex saxatilis Russet Sedge Beinn Ghlas 11 Jul 2005
Carex vaginata Sheathed Sedge West Pennines 16 Jun 2008
Centaurea cynanus Cornflower Near Charlston 27 Jul 2009
Centaurium littorale Seaside Centaury South Stack 17 Jul 2002
Cephalanthera longifolia Narrow-leaved Helleborine Assynt 18 Jun 2006
Cerastium alpinum Alpine Mouse-ear Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Cerastium arcticum Arctic Mouse-ear Coire an t-Sneachda 18 Jul 2007
Cerastium pumilum Dwarf Mouse-ear Avon Gorge 23 Apr 2005
Chamaemelum nobile Chamomile Torteval, Guernsey 19 Jun 2004
Chenopodium murale Nettle-leaved Goosefoot Guernsey 22 Jun 2004
Cicuta virosa Cowbane Ruthven Barracks 29 Jul 2009
Coincya monensis ssp monensis Isle of Man Cabbage Wirral 08 Aug 2006
Corallorhiza trifida Coralroot Orchid Ardersier 09 Jun 2006
Crassula tillaea Mossy Stonecrop Breckland 21 April 2005
Crepis mollis Northern Hawk's-beard Near Alaston 16 June 2008
Dactylorhiza majalis ssp occidentalis Western Marsh-orchid Lough Rinnamona 23 May 2005
Dactylorhiza traunsteineri Narrow-leaved Marsh Orchid Lough Rinnamona 23 May 2005
Daphne mezereum Mezereon Cressbrookdale 18 Mar 2005
Dianthus armeria Deptford Pink Sandyhurst Bay Cliffs 20 Jul 2008
Dianthus deltoides Maiden Pink Newborough Warren 13 Aug 2001
Draba muralis Wall Whitlowgrass Cressbrookdale 11 Apr 2005
Draba norvegica Rock Whitlowgrass Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Dryas octopetala Mountain Avens Burren 12 Jun 2003
Dryopteris submontana Rigid Buckler Fern Gaitbarrows 12 Jun 2004
Elatine hydropiper Eight-stamened Waterwort Cefni Resrvoir 06 Oct 2005
Epipactis atrorubens Dark Red helleborine Gaitbarrows 12 Jun 2004
Epipactis dunensis Dune Helleborine Newborough, R Tyne 03 Jul 2005
Equisetum pratense Shady Horsetail Teesdale 21 Jun 2005
Equisetum variegatum Variegated Horsetail Teesdale 22 Jun 2005
Erica erigena Irish Heath Arnside 15 Apr 2006
Eriocaulon aquaticum Pipewort Skye 18 Jul 1997
Erodium lebelii Sticky Storks-bill Jersey 21 Jun 2004
Erodium moschatum Musk Storks-bill Great Orme 10 Jun 2004
Euphorbia hyberna Irish Spurge Torc Waterfall 22 May 2005
Euphorbia portlandica Portland Spurge South Stack 24 Apr 2002
Euphrasia rostkoviana ssp montana Eyebright Cumbria 16 Jun 2008
Frankenia laevis Sea Heath Rhosneigr 17 Aug 2001
Fumaria densiflora Dense-flowered Fumitory Ranscomeb Farm, Kent 03 June 2007
Gagea lutea Yellow star of Bethlehem South Cheshire 14 Mar 2003
Gentiana pneumonanthe Marsh Gentian Newton-le-Willows 22 Aug 2004
Gooodyera repens Creeping Lady's-tresses Culbin Forest 27 Jul 2009
Gymnocarpium robertianum Limestone Fern Flint, nr Maeshafn 18 May 2004
Helianthemum oelandicum ssp incanum Hoary Rock Rose Great Orme 17 May 2004
Helleborus foetidus Stinking Hellebore Cilygroeslwyd 10 Feb 2002
Hordeum marinum Sea Barley Southease 07 Jul 2007
Hornungia petraea Hutchinsia Great Orme 19 Apr 2006
Hypericum undulatum Wavy St John's-wort Upper Tamar Lake 19 Jul 2008
Hypochaeris glabra Smooth Cat's-ear L'Ancresse, Guernsey 18 Jun 2004
Inula crithmoides Golden Samphire Torteval, Guernsey 19 Jun 2004
Juncus acutus Sharp Rush Albecq, Guernsey 20 Jun 2004
Juncus balticus Baltic Rush Southport Dunes 27 Jul 2005
Juncus castaneus Chestnut Rush Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Juncus filiformis Thread Rush Stocks reservoir 22 Sep 2005
Lathyrus aphaca Yellow Vetchling Ham River Lands 07 Jul 2007
Lepidium latifolium Dittander Ham River Lands 07 Jul 2007
Limonium britannicum ssp britannicum Rock Sea Lavender South Stack 07 Jul 2002
Limonium britannicum ssp coombense Rock Sea-Lavender Prawle Point 11 Jul 2009
Limonium humile Lax-flowered Sea-lavender Rhosneigr 03 Aug 2006
Limonium procerum ssp procerum Rock Sea Lavender Llandudno 03 Aug 2006
Limosella aquatica Mudwort Stocks reservoir 22 Sep 2005
Linnaea borealis Twinflower Balblair Woods 20 Jun 2006
Lotus subbiflorus Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil L'Ancresse, Guernsey 20 Jun 2004
Marrubium vulgare White Horehound Great Orme 10 Jun 2004
Medicago minima Bur Medick Breckland verge 18 Jun 2005
Medicago sativa ssp falcata Sickle Medick Mudchute Park 01 Jul 2006
Melampyrum cristatum Crested Cow-wheat Suffolk verge 18 Jun 2005
Mertensia maritima Oyster Plant Ballantrae shingle spit 19 May 2003
Minuartia verna Spring Sandwort Cwm Idwal 01 Jun 2002
Minuartia sedoides Mossy Cyphel Ben Lawers 01 Aug 2004
Myosotis stolonifera Pale Forget-me-not Hole of Horcum 11 Jun 2005
Neotinea maculata Dense-flowered Orchid Burren, Ireland 21 May 2005
Nuphar pumila Least Water-lily Lochan Ovie, Scotland 26 Jul 2009
Nymphoides peltata Fringed Water-lily Leasowe Meadows 19 June 2007
Orchis purpurea Lady Orchid Bonsai Bank, Kent 02 June 2007
Orobanche hederae Ivy Broomrape Nr Cemetery,Guernsey 22 Jun 2004
Orobanche rapum-genistae Greater Broomrape Nr Newport, Isle of Wight 03 Jun 2006
Peucedanum palustre Milk Parsley Breckland 12 Jul 2003
Pilularia globulifera Pillwort Sychnant Pass 25 Jul 2005
Pinguicula grandiflora Large-flowered Butterwort Ireland, Ladies View 13 Jun 2003
Poa alpina Alpine Meadow-grass Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Polemonium caeruleum Jacob's-ladder Chee Dale 15 Jun 2006
Polygonatum odoratum Angular Solomon's-seal Gaitbarrows 12 Jun 2004
Potamogeton coloratus Fen Pondweed Avon Wildlife Reserve 09 Sep 2006
Potentilla crantzii Alpine Cinquefoil Ben Lawers 01 Aug 2004
Potentilla tabernaemontani Spring Cinquefoil Great Orme 16 Apr 2008
Primula elatior Oxlip Waresley Wood Apr 1978
Primula farinosa Bird's Eye Primrose Nr. Gaitbarrows 20 May 2004
Primula scotica Scottish Primrose Strathay Point 07 June 2006
Pulsatilla vulgaris Pasqueflower Devil's Dyke 21 Apr 2005
Pyrola media Intermediate Wintergreen Whitewell 17 Jul 2007
Pyrola rotundifolia Round Leaved Wintergreen Newborough Warren 13 Aug 2001
Ranunculus tripartitus Three-lobed Crowfoot Kent 02 Jun 2007
Rhinanthus minor ssp monticola Yellow-rattle Teesdale 21 Jun 2005
Ribes alpinum Mountain Currant Chee Dale 12 May 2005
Sagina saginoides Alpine Pearlwort Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Salix arbuscula Mountain Willow Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Salix reticulata Net-leaved Willow Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Saxifraga hirsuta Kidney Saxifrage Ireland 22 May 2005
Saxifraga nivalis Alpine Saxifrage Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Saxifraga spathularis St Patricks Cabbage Near Tipperarary 13 Jun 2003
Saxifraga x polita False Londonpride Angelzarke 07 Jun 2007
Sedum villosum Hairy Stonecrop Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Sesleria caerulea Blue Moor-grass Gaitbarrows 12 Jun 2004
Sibbaldia procumbens Sibbaldia Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Silene gallica Small-flowered catchfly L'Ancresse, Guernsey 18 Jun 2004
Silene nutans Nottingham Catchfly Great Orme 17 May 2004
Sium latifolium Greater Water Parsnip Breckland 12 Jul 2003
Sorbus hibernica Irish Whitebeam County Clare, Ireland 21 May 2005
Sorbus porrigentiformis Whitebeam Avon Gorge 10 Sep 2006
Sorbus rupicola Rock Whitebeam Gaitbarrows 21 Jun 2005
Spiranthes romanzoffiana Irish Lady's-tresses Lough Beg 18 Aug 2006
Subularia aquatica Awlwort Llyn Idwal 21 May 2004
Thesium humifusum Bastard-toadflax Devil's Dyke 15 Jun 2008
Trifolium squamosum Sea Clover Southease 08 Jul 2007
Trifolium suffocatum Suffocated Clover Brecks 18 May 2005
Verbascum lychnitis White Mullein London 1 Jul 2006
Vicia bithynica Bithynian Vetch Nr Whitby 18 Jun 2005
Vicia lutea Yellow Vetch Friston Forest 08 Jul 2007
Vulpia fasciculata Dune fescue Nweborough Warren 31 May 2008
Zostera marina Eelgrass Lindisfarne 15 Jul 2006
Zostera noltei Dwarf Eelgrass Lindisfarne 15 Jul 2006
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Very rare Plants (RR)

Latin Name English Name Place found Date found
Alchemilla acutiloba Lady's-mantle Teesdale 21 Jun 2005
Alchemilla monticola Lady's-mantle Teesdale 21 Jun 2005
Allium ampeloprasum var babingtonii Wild Leek Abergele 07 Jul 2005
Allium ampeloprasum var bulbiferum Wild Leek Guernsey 20 Jun 2004
Anogramma leptophylla Jersey Fern Jersey 21 Jun 2004
Anthyllis vulneraria ssp corbierei Kidney Vetch South Stack 31 May 2008
Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree Llandudno 10 Jun 2004
Armeria arenaria Jersey Thrift St Ouens, Jersey 21 Jun 2004
Artemisia norvegica Norwegian Mugwort Cul More 19 Jul 1997
Asplenium onopteris Irish Spleenwort Waterloo, Ireland 14 Jun 2003
Asplenium trichomanes ssp pachyrachis Maidenhair Spleenwort Banks of River Tees 21 Jun 2005
Aster linocyris Goldilocks Aster Llandudno 13 Sep 2002
Bartsia alpina Alpine Bartsia Teesdale 21 Jun 2005
Carex ornithopoda Bird's foot Sedge Cressbrookdale 13 May 2004
Carex recta Estuarine Sedge Near Lairg 20 Jun 2006
Cochlearia micacea Mountain Scurveygrass Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Cysopteris montana Mountain Bladder Fern Ben Lui 18 Jun 2001
Cytisus scoparius ssp maritimus Prostrate Broom Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Echium plantagineum Purple Viper's-bugloss Jersey 21 Jun 2004
Equisetum x moorei (hyemale x ramosissimum) Moore's Horsetail (Rough x Branched) Arklow 22 June 2007
Equisetum x trachyodon (hyemale x variegatum) Mackay's Horsetail (Rough x Variegated) Red Rocks 29 Apr 2005
Festuca longifolia Blue Fescue Breckland 18 Jun 2005
Fumaria capreolata ssp capreolata White Ramping-fumitory Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Geranium purpureum Little Robin Car Park, Guernsey 22 Jun 2004
Helianthemum oelandicum ssp levigatum Hoary Rock Rose (Yorks) Cronkley Fell 22 Jun 2005
Helianthemum oelandicum ssp piloselloides Hoary Rock Rose (Irish) Burren 12 Jun 2003
Herniaria ciliolata ssp ciliolata Fringed Rupturewort L'Ancresse, Guernsey 19 Jun 2004
Hieracium alpinum Alpine Hawkweed Cul Mor, Assynt 25 Jul 2009
Hierochloe odorata Holy grass Southwick Reserve 17 May 2003
Hypochaeris maculata Spotted Cat's ear Great Orme 05 Jun 2003
Isoetes histrix Land Quillwort Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Kobresia simpliciuscula False Sedge Teesdale 21 Jun 2005
Koenigia islandica Iceland-purslane Skye 18 Jul 1997
Lavatera cretica Smaller Tree Mallow Guernsey 19 Jun 2004
Limonium auriculae-ursinifolium Broad-leaved Sea-lavender Jersey 21 Jun 2004
Limonium normannicum Alderney Sea-lavender Jersey 21 Jun 2004
Lobelia urens Heath Lobelia Devon 12 Jul 2009
Lonicera xylosteum Fly Honeysuckle Slovenia 01 Jun 2001
Lychnis viscaria Sticky Catchfly Stanner Rocks 11 May 2007
Maianthemum bifolium May Lily Austrian Tyrol 15 Jun 2002
Matthiola incana Hoary Stock Guernsey 19 Jun 2004
Matthiola sinuata Sea Stock Guernsey 19 Jun 2004
Mibora minima Early Sand-grass Anglesey 29 Mar 2005
Milium vernale Early Millet Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Minuartia rubella Mountain Sandwort Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Moneses uniflora One-flowered Wintergreen Blablair Woods 07 Jun 2006
Muscari neglectum Grape-hyacinth Breckland 21 Apr 2005
Myosotis alpestris Alpine Forget-me-not Ben Lawers 01 Aug 2004
Myosotis sicula Jersey Forget-me-not Jersey 21 Jun 2004
Ornithopus pinnatus Orange Bird's-foot Guernsey 20 Jun 2004
Orobanche purpurea Yarrow Broomrape Breckland 18 Jun 2005
Oxytropis halleri Purple Oxytropis Bettyhill 07 Jun 2006
Phleum phleoides Purple-stem Cat's-tail Breckland 18 Jun 2005
Poa infirma Early Meadow-grass Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Polycarpon tetraphyllum Four-leaved Allseed Guernsey 18 Jun 2004
Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil Burren, Ireland 23 May 2005
Rorippa islandica Northern Yellow-cress Chew Magna 11 Sep 2006
Sagina x normaniana Scottish Pearlwort Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Saxifraga rosacea ssp rosacea Irish Saxifrage Burren 12 Jun 2003
Schoenoplectus pungens Sharp Club-rush Sefton Coast 27 Jun 2007
Scrophularia scorodonia Balm-leaved Figwort Guernsey 18 Jun 2004
Silene otites Spanish Catchfly Breckland 18 Jun 2005
Sorbus bristoliensis Bristol Whitebeam Avon Gorge 10 Sep 2006
Sorbus eminens Round-leaved Whitebeam Avon Gorge 10 Sep 2006
Sorbus lancastriensis Lancaster Whitebeam Gaitbarrows 10 May 2005
Sorbus whiteana White's Whitebeam Avon Gorge 10 Sep 2006
Sorbus wilmottiana Wilmott's Whitebeam Avon Gorge 10 Sep 2006
Spergularia bocconei Greek Sea-spurrey Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Tephroseris integrifolia ssp maritima Field Fleawort Nr South Stack 27 May 2003
Trinia glauca Honewort Avon Gorge 12 Apr 2005
Tuberaria guttata Spotted Rock Rose Anglesey 31 May 2003
Veronica fruticans Rock Speedwell Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Veronica praecox Breckland Speedwell Breckland 21 Apr 2005
Veronica verna Spring Speedwell Breckland 21 Apr 2005
Viola kitaibeliana Dwarf Pansy Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Viola rupestris Teesdale Violet Arnside 15 Apr 2006
x Asplenium microdon The Guernsey Fern St Saviours, Guernsey 20 Jun 2004
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Very, very rare Plants (RRR)

Latin Name English Name Place found Date found
Ajuga chamaepitys Ground-pine Ranscombe Farm, Kent 03 Jun 2007
Allium sphaerocephalon Round-headed Leek Avon Gorge 02 Aug 2005
Althaea hirsuta Rough Marsh-mallow Breckland 18 Jun 2005
Arabis alpina Alpine Rock-cress Slovenia 1st Jun 2001
Arabis scabra Bristol Rock-cress Avon Gorge 23 Apr 2005
Artemisia campestris ssp maritima Dune Wormwood Sefton Coast 21 Aug 2009
Bupleurum baldense Small Hare's-ear L'Ancresse, Guernsey 18 Jun 2004
Corrigiola litoralis ssp litoralis Strapwort Slapton Ley 12 Jul 2009
Cotoneaster cambricus Wild Cotoneaster Great Orme 17 May 2004
Cyperus fuscus Brown Galingale Gordano meadows 9 Sep 2006
Cypripedium calceolus Lady's-slipper Orchid Lancashire 03 Jun 2005
Cystopteris dickieana Dickie's Bladder-fern Sea Cave, Aberdeen 20 Aug 2005
Diapensia lapponica Diapensia Fraoch-bheinn 07 Jun 2006
Epipactis sancta Lindisfarne Helleborine Lindisfarne (Holy Island) 15 Jul 2006
Equisetum x robertsii (telamateia x arvense) Anglesey Horsetail (Great x Field) Lligwy Bay, Anglesey 29 Jun 2007
Erica ciliaris Dorset Heath Godlingston Heath 05 Sep 2010
Erigeron borealis Alpine Fleabane Ben Lawers 01 Aug 2004
Eryngium campestre Field Eryngo Guernsey 18 Jun 2004
Euphorbia stricta Upright Spurge Redbrook Woods 06 Sep 2005
Filago pyramidata Broad-leaved Cudweed Ranscombe Fram, Kent 03 Jun 2007
Gagea bohemica Radnor Lily Radnor Rocks 01 Mar 2006
Gentiana nivalis Alpine Gentian Ben Lawers 01 Aug 2004
Gentiana verna Spring Gentian Teesdale and Burren 21 May 2005
Gentianella anglica Early Gentian Tennyson Down 04 Jun 2006
Gentianella uliginosa Dune Gentian Oxwich Dunes 09 Jul 2009
Hieracium cambricum Welsh Hawkweed Great Orme 08 May 2008
Hieracium carneddorum Carnedd Hawkweed Cwm Idwal 01 Jun 2008
Himantoglossum hircinum Lizard Orchid Devil's Dyke 15 Jun 2008
Limosella australis Welsh Mudwort Porthmadog 06 Oct 2005
Lloydia serotina Snowdon Lily Snowdon 31 May 2003
Lychnis alpina Alpine Catchfly North Lake District 10 Jul 2006
Ophioglossum lusitanicum Least Adder's-tongue Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Ophrys sphegodes Early Spider Orchid Hizarkoy, Cyprus 08 Apr 2004
Orobanche reticulata Thistle Broomrape North Grimston 28 Jul 2004
Potentilla rupestris Rock Cinquefoil Migdale Rock 20 Jun 2006
Rhinanthus angustifolius Greater Yellow-rattle Croydon 2 Jul 2006
Romulea columnae Sand Crocus Guernsey 16 Apr 2005
Salvia pratensis Meadow Clary Kent 03 Jun 2007
Saxifraga hirculus Marsh Saxifrage Moor Reserve 24 Jul 2008
Saxifraga cernua Drooping Saxifrage Ben Lawers 11 Jul 2005
Saxifraga cespitosa Tufted Saxifrage Cwm Idwal 01 Jun 2004
Scleranthus perennis ssp perennis Perennial Knawel Stanner Rocks 11 May 2007
Senecio paludosus Fen Ragwort Breckland 12 Jul 2003
Simethis planifolia Kerry Lily Ring of Kerry 23 May 2005
Stachys alpina Limestone Woundwort Denbighshire 25 Jul 2003
Trichomanes speciosum Killarney Fern Moel Hebog, Wales 08 Sep 2004
Veronica spicata Spiked Speedwell Great Orme 18 Jul 2002
Veronica triphyllos Fingered Speedwell Breckland 21 Apr 2005
Viola persicifolia Fen Violet County Clare, Ireland 21 May 2005
Woodsia ilvensis Oblong Woodsia Snowdonia 21 May 2004
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