List of monocotyledons of Great Britain and Ireland
Appearance
This page's list covers the monocotyledon plants found in Great Britain and Ireland. This clade includes grasses, lilies, orchids, irises and a wide variety of aquatic plants.
Status key: * indicates an introduced species and e indicates an extinct species.
Order Alismatales (alismatids)
[edit]Family Butomaceae (flowering-rushes)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Flowering rush | Butomus umbellatus |
Family Alismataceae (water-plantains)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Arrowhead | Sagittaria sagittifolia | |
Duck-potato | Sagittaria latifolia | * |
Canadian arrowhead | Sagittaria rigida | * |
Narrow-leaved arrowhead | Sagittaria subulata | * |
Lesser water-plantain | Baldellia ranunculoides | |
Floating water-plantain | Luronium natans | |
Water-plantain | Alisma plantago-aquatica | |
Narrow-leaved water-plantain | Alisma lanceolatum | |
Ribbon-leaved water-plantain | Alisma gramineum | |
Starfruit | Damasonium alisma | |
Frogbit | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae |
Family Hydrocharitaceae (tape-grasses)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Water-soldier | Stratiotes aloides | |
Large-flowered waterweed | Egeria densa | * |
Canadian waterweed | Elodea canadensis | * |
Nuttall's waterweed | Elodea nuttallii | * |
South American waterweed | Elodea callitrichoides | * |
Esthwaite waterweed | Hydrilla verticillata | * |
Curly waterweed | Lagarosiphon major | * |
Tapegrass | Vallisneria spiralis | * |
Slender naiad | Najas flexilis | |
Holly-leaved naiad | Najas marina |
Family Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweeds)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status | |
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Cape-pondweed | Aponogeton distachyos | * |
Family Scheuchzeriaceae (Rannoch-rush, pod grass)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Rannoch-rush | Scheuchzeria palustris |
Family Juncaginaceae (arrowgrasses)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Marsh arrowgrass | Triglochin palustris | |
Sea arrowgrass | Triglochin maritimum |
Family Potamogetonaceae (pondweeds)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Opposite-leaved pondweed | Groenlandia densa | |
Broad-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton natans | |
Bog pondweed | Potamogeton polygonifolius | |
Fen pondweed | Potamogeton coloratus | |
Loddon pondweed | Potamogeton nodosus | |
Shining pondweed | Potamogeton lucens | |
Various-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton gramineus | |
Red pondweed | Potamogeton alpinus | |
Long-stalked pondweed | Potamogeton praelongus | |
Perfoliate pondweed | Potamogeton perfoliatus | |
American pondweed | Potamogeton epihydrus | |
Flat-stalked pondweed | Potamogeton friesii | |
Shetland pondweed | Potamogeton rutilus | |
Lesser pondweed | Potamogeton pusillus | |
Blunt-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton obtusifolius | |
Small pondweed | Potamogeton berchtoldii | |
Hairlike pondweed | Potamogeton trichoides | |
Grass-wrack pondweed | Potamogeton compressus | |
Sharp-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton acutifolius | |
Curled pondweed | Potamogeton crispus | |
Slender-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton filiformis | |
Fennel pondweed | Potamogeton pectinatus | |
Horned pondweed | Zannichellia palustris |
Family Ruppiaceae (widgeonweeds, ditch grasses, widgeon grass)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Beaked tasselweed | Ruppia maritima | |
Spiral tasselweed | Ruppia cirrhosa |
Family Zosteraceae (seagrasses)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Eelgrass | Zostera marina | |
Narrow-leaved eelgrass | Zostera angustifolia | |
Dwarf eelgrass | Zostera noltei |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
American skunk-cabbage | Lysichiton americanus | * |
Asian skunk-cabbage | Lysichiton camtschatcensis | * |
Bog arum | Calla palustris | * |
Altar-lily | Zantedeschia aethiopica | * |
Lords-and-ladies | Arum maculatum | |
Italian lords-and-ladies | Arum italicum | |
Dragon arum | Dracunculus vulgaris | * |
Mousetailplant | Arisarum proboscideum | * |
Greater duckweed | Spirodela polyrhiza | |
Fat duckweed | Lemna gibba | |
Common duckweed | Lemna minor | |
Ivy-leaved duckweed | Lemna trisulca | |
Least duckweed | Lemna minuta | * |
Rootless duckweed | Wolffia arrhiza |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Sweet flag | Acorus calamus | * |
Slender sweet-flag | Acorus gramineus | * |
Order Commelinales
[edit]Family Commelinaceae (dayflowers, spiderworts)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Spiderwort | Tradescantia virginiana | * |
Wandering-Jew | Tradescantia fluminensis | * |
Family Pontederiaceae (pickerel-weed family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Pickerelweed | Pontederia cordata | * |
Family Eriocaulaceae (pipeworts)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Pipewort | Eriocaulon aquaticum |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Heath rush | Juncus squarrosus | |
Slender rush | Juncus tenuis | * |
Round-fruited rush | Juncus compressus | |
Saltmarsh rush | Juncus gerardii | |
Three-leaved rush | Juncus trifidus | |
Leafy rush | Juncus foliosus | |
Toad rush | Juncus bufonius | |
Frog rush | Juncus ambiguus | |
Broad-leaved rush | Juncus planifolius | * |
Dwarf rush | Juncus capitatus | |
Blunt-flowered rush | Juncus subnodulosus | |
Alpine rush | Juncus alpinoarticulatus | |
Jointed rush | Juncus articulatus | |
Sharp-flowered rush | Juncus acutiflorus | |
Bulbous rush | Juncus bulbosus | |
Pigmy rush | Juncus pygmaeus | |
Two-flowered rush | Juncus biglumis | |
Three-flowered rush | Juncus triglumis | |
Chestnut rush | Juncus castaneus | |
Sea rush | Juncus maritimus | |
Sharp rush | Juncus acutus | |
Somerset rush | Juncus subulatus | * |
Baltic rush | Juncus balticus | |
Thread rush | Juncus filiformis | |
Hard rush | Juncus inflexus | |
Soft-rush | Juncus effusus | |
Compact rush | Juncus conglomeratus | |
Great soft-rush | Juncus pallidus | * |
Southern wood-rush | Luzula forsteri | |
Hairy wood-rush | Luzula pilosa | |
Great wood-rush | Luzula sylvatica | |
White wood-rush | Luzula luzuloides | * |
Field wood-rush | Luzula campestris | |
Heath wood-rush | Luzula multiflora | |
Fen wood-rush | Luzula pallidula | |
Curved wood-rush | Luzula arcuata | |
Spiked wood-rush | Luzula spicata |
Family Cyperaceae (sedges)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Common cottongrass | Eriophorum angustifolium | |
Broad-leaved cottongrass | Eriophorum latifolium | |
Slender cottongrass | Eriophorum gracile | |
Hare's-tail cottongrass | Eriophorum vaginatum | |
Cotton deergrass | Trichophorum alpinum | e |
Deergrass | Trichophorum cespitosum | |
Common spike-rush | Eleocharis palustris | |
Northern spike-rush | Eleocharis austriaca | |
Slender spike-rush | Eleocharis uniglumis | |
Many-stalked spike-rush | Eleocharis multicaulis | |
Few-flowered spike-rush | Eleocharis quinqueflora | |
Needle spike-rush | Eleocharis acicularis | |
Dwarf spike-rush | Eleocharis parvula | |
Sea club-rush | Bolboschoenus maritimus | |
Wood club-rush | Scirpus sylvaticus | |
Round-headed club-rush | Scirpoides holoschoenus | |
Common club-rush | Schoenoplectus lacustris | |
Grey club-rush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | |
Triangular club-rush | Schoenoplectus triqueter | |
Sharp club-rush | Schoenoplectus pungens | |
Bristle club-rush | Isolepis setacea | |
Slender club-rush | Isolepis cernua | |
Floating club-rush | Eleogiton fluitans | |
Flat-sedge | Blysmus compressus | |
Saltmarsh flat-sedge | Blysmus rufus | |
Galingale | Cyperus longus | |
Pale galingale | Cyperus eragrostis | * |
Brown galingale | Cyperus fuscus | |
Black bog-rush | Schoenus nigricans | |
Brown bog-rush | Schoenus ferrugineus | |
White beak-sedge | Rhynchospora alba | |
Brown beak-sedge | Rhynchospora fusca | |
Great fen-sedge | Cladium mariscus | |
False sedge | Kobresia simpliciuscula | |
Greater tussock-sedge | Carex paniculata | |
Fibrous tussock-sedge | Carex appropinquata | |
Lesser tussock-sedge | Carex diandra | |
True fox-sedge | Carex vulpina | |
False fox-sedge | Carex otrubae | |
American fox-sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | * |
Spiked sedge | Carex spicata | |
Prickly sedge | Carex muricata | |
Grey sedge | Carex divulsa | |
Sand sedge | Carex arenaria | |
Brown sedge | Carex disticha | |
String sedge | Carex chordorrhiza | |
Divided sedge | Carex divisa | |
Curved sedge | Carex maritima | |
Remote sedge | Carex remota | |
Oval sedge | Carex leporina | |
Star sedge | Carex echinata | |
Dioecious sedge | Carex dioica | |
Davall's sedge | Carex davalliana | e |
Elongated sedge | Carex elongata | |
Hare's-foot sedge | Carex lachenalii | |
White sedge | Carex curta | |
Hairy sedge | Carex hirta | |
Slender sedge | Carex lasiocarpa | |
Lesser pond-sedge | Carex acutiformis | |
Greater pond-sedge | Carex riparia | |
Cyperus-like sedge | Carex pseudocyperus | |
Bottle sedge | Carex rostrata | |
Bladder-sedge | Carex vesicaria | |
Russet sedge | Carex saxatilis | |
Pendulous sedge | Carex pendula | |
Wood-sedge | Carex sylvatica | |
Hair sedge | Carex capillaris | |
Thin-spiked wood-sedge | Carex strigosa | |
Glaucous sedge | Carex flacca | |
Carnation sedge | Carex panicea | |
Sheathed sedge | Carex vaginata | |
Starved wood-sedge | Carex depauperata | |
Smooth-stalked sedge | Carex laevigata | |
Green-ribbed sedge | Carex binervis | |
Distant sedge | Carex distans | |
Dotted sedge | Carex punctata | |
Long-bracted sedge | Carex extensa | |
Tawny sedge | Carex hostiana | |
Large yellow-sedge | Carex flava | |
Yellow-sedge | Carex viridula | |
Pale sedge | Carex pallescens | |
Fingered sedge | Carex digitata | |
Bird's-foot sedge | Carex ornithopoda | |
Dwarf sedge | Carex humilis | |
Spring sedge | Carex caryophyllea | |
Downy-fruited sedge | Carex filiformis | |
Rare spring-sedge | Carex ericetorum | |
Soft-leaved sedge | Carex montana | |
Pill sedge | Carex pilulifera | |
Scorched alpine-sedge | Carex atrofusca | |
Bog-sedge | Carex limosa | |
Mountain bog-sedge | Carex rariflora | |
Tall bog-sedge | Carex magellanica | |
Black alpine-sedge | Carex atrata | |
Club sedge | Carex buxbaumii | |
Close-headed alpine sedge | Carex norvegica | |
Estuarine sedge | Carex recta | |
Water sedge | Carex aquatilis | |
Slender tufted-sedge | Carex acuta | |
Three-nerved sedge | Carex trinervis | e |
Common sedge | Carex nigra | |
Tufted-sedge | Carex elata | |
Stiff sedge | Carex bigelowii | |
Bristle sedge | Carex microglochin | |
Few-flowered sedge | Carex pauciflora | |
Rock sedge | Carex rupestris | |
Flea sedge | Carex pulicaris |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Indian fountain-bamboo | Yushania anceps | * |
Dwarf bamboo | Pleioblastus pygmaeus | * |
Broad-leaved bamboo | Sasa palmata | * |
Veitch's bamboo | Sasa veitchii | * |
Hairy bamboo | Sasaella ramosa | * |
Arrow bamboo | Pseudosasa japonica | * |
Square-stemmed bamboo | Chimonobambusa quadrangularis | * |
Cut-grass | Leersia oryzoides | |
Mat-grass | Nardus stricta | |
American needle-grass | Stipa neesiana | * |
Smilo-grass | Oryzopsis miliacea | * |
Wood millet | Milium effusum | |
Early millet | Milium vernale | |
Meadow fescue | Festuca pratensis | |
Tall fescue | Festuca arundinacea | |
Giant fescue | Festuca gigantea | |
Wood fescue | Festuca altissima | |
Various-leaved fescue | Festuca heterophylla | * |
Rush-leaved fescue | Festuca arenaria | |
Red fescue | Festuca rubra | |
Sheep's-fescue | Festuca ovina | |
Viviparous sheep's-fescue | Festuca vivipara | |
Fine-leaved sheep's-fescue | Festuca filiformis | |
Breton fescue | Festuca armoricana | |
Huon's fescue | Festuca huonii | |
Confused fescue | Festuca lemanii | |
Blue fescue | Festuca longifolia | |
Hard fescue | Festuca brevipila | |
Perennial rye-grass | Lolium perenne | |
Italian rye-grass | Lolium multiflorum | * |
Dune fescue | Vulpia fasciculata | |
Squirreltail fescue | Vulpia bromoides | |
Rat's-tail fescue | Vulpia myuros | |
Bearded fescue | Vulpia ciliata | |
Mat-grass fescue | Vulpia unilateralis | |
Crested dog's-tail | Cynosurus cristatus | |
Rough dog's-tail | Cynosurus echinatus | * |
Common saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia maritima | |
Reflexed saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia distans | |
Borrer's saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia fasciculata | |
Stiff saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia rupestris | |
Quaking-grass | Briza media | |
Lesser quaking-grass | Briza minor | * |
Greater quaking-grass | Briza maxima | * |
Early meadow-grass | Poa infirma | |
Annual meadow-grass | Poa annua | |
Rough meadow-grass | Poa trivialis | |
Spreading meadow-grass | Poa humilis | |
Smooth meadow-grass | Poa pratensis | |
Narrow-leaved meadow-grass | Poa angustifolia | |
Broad-leaved meadow-grass | Poa chaixii | * |
Wavy meadow-grass | Poa flexuosa | |
Flattened meadow-grass | Poa compressa | |
Swamp meadow-grass | Poa palustris | * |
Glaucous meadow-grass | Poa glauca | |
Wood meadow-grass | Poa nemoralis | |
Bulbous meadow-grass | Poa bulbosa | |
Alpine meadow-grass | Poa alpina | |
Tussac-grass | Poa flabellata | * |
Cock's-foot | Dactylis glomerata | |
Slender cock's-foot | Dactylis polygama | * |
Whorl-grass | Catabrosa aquatica | |
Fern-grass | Catapodium rigidum | |
Sea fern-grass | Catapodium marinum | |
Blue moor-grass | Sesleria caerulea | |
Hard-grass | Parapholis strigosa | |
Curved hard-grass | Parapholis incurva | |
Reed sweet-grass | Glyceria maxima | |
Floating sweet-grass | Glyceria fluitans | |
Small sweet-grass | Glyceria declinata | |
Plicate sweet-grass | Glyceria notata | |
Mountain melick | Melica nutans | |
Wood melick | Melica uniflora | |
Downy oat-grass | Helictotrichon pubescens | |
Meadow oat-grass | Helictotrichon pratense | |
False oat-grass | Arrhenatherum elatius | |
Slender oat | Avena barbata | * |
Bristle oat | Avena strigosa | * |
Wild-oat | Avena fatua | * |
Winter wild-oat | Avena sterilis | * |
Oat | Avena sativa | * |
French oat-grass | Gaudinia fragilis | * |
Yellow oat-grass | Trisetum flavescens | |
Somerset hair-grass | Koeleria vallesiana | |
Crested hair-grass | Koeleria macrantha | |
Tufted hair-grass | Deschampsia cespitosa | |
Bog hair-grass | Deschampsia setacea | |
Wavy hair-grass | Deschampsia flexuosa | |
Yorkshire-fog | Holcus lanatus | |
Creeping soft-grass | Holcus mollis | |
Grey hair-grass | Corynephorus canescens | |
Silver hair-grass | Aira caryophyllea | |
Early hair-grass | Aira praecox | |
Holy-grass | Hierochloe odorata | |
Sweet vernal-grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum | |
Annual vernal-grass | Anthoxanthum aristatum | * |
Reed canary-grass | Phalaris arundinacea | |
Bulbous canary-grass | Phalaris aquatica | * |
Canary-grass | Phalaris canariensis | * |
Lesser canary-grass | Phalaris minor | * |
Awned canary-grass | Phalaris paradoxa | * |
Common bent | Agrostis capillaris | |
Black bent | Agrostis gigantea | |
Highland bent | Agrostis castellana | * |
Creeping bent | Agrostis stolonifera | |
Blown-grass | Agrostis avenacea | * |
Bristle bent | Agrostis curtisii | |
Velvet bent | Agrostis canina | |
Brown bent | Agrostis vinealis | |
Rough bent | Agrostis scabra | * |
Wood small-reed | Calamagrostis epigejos | |
Purple small-reed | Calamagrostis canescens | |
Scandinavian small-reed | Calamagrostis purpurea | |
Narrow small-reed | Calamagrostis stricta | |
Scottish small-reed | Calamagrostis scotica | |
Marram | Ammophila arenaria | |
American marram | Ammophila breviligulata | * |
Nit-grass | Gastridium ventricosum | |
Hare's-tail | Lagurus ovatus | * |
Loose silky-bent | Apera spica-venti | |
Dense silky-bent | Apera interrupta | |
Early sand-grass | Mibora minima | |
Annual beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis | |
Water bent | Polypogon viridis | * |
Meadow foxtail | Alopecurus pratensis | |
Marsh foxtail | Alopecurus geniculatus | |
Bulbous foxtail | Alopecurus bulbosus | |
Orange foxtail | Alopecurus aequalis | |
Alpine foxtail | Alopecurus borealis | |
Black-grass | Alopecurus myosuroides | |
American slough-grass | Beckmannia syzigachne | * |
Timothy-grass | Phleum pratense | |
Smaller cat's-tail | Phleum bertolonii | |
Alpine cat's-tail | Phleum alpinum | |
Purple-stem cat's-tail | Phleum phleoides | |
Sand cat's-tail | Phleum arenarium | |
Field brome | Bromus arvensis | * |
Meadow brome | Bromus commutatus | |
Brome | Bromus racemosus | |
Soft-brome | Bromus hordeaceus | |
Slender soft-brome | Bromus lepidus | * |
Interrupted brome | Bromus interruptus | e |
Rye brome | Bromus secalinus | * |
Smith's brome | Bromus pseudosecalinus | * |
Hairy-brome | Bromopsis ramosa | |
Lesser hairy-brome | Bromopsis benekenii | |
Upright brome | Bromopsis erecta | |
Hungarian brome | Bromopsis inermis | * |
Great brome | Anisantha diandra | * |
Ripgut brome | Anisantha rigida | * |
Barren brome | Anisantha sterilis | |
Drooping brome | Anisantha tectorum | * |
Compact brome | Anisantha madritensis | * |
California brome | Ceratochloa carinata | * |
Western brome | Ceratochloa marginata | * |
Rescue brome | Ceratochloa cathartica | * |
Tor-grass | Brachypodium pinnatum | |
False brome | Brachypodium sylvaticum | |
Bearded couch | Elymus caninus | |
Common couch | Elytrigia repens | |
Sea couch | Elytrigia atherica | |
Sand couch | Elytrigia juncea | |
Lyme-grass | Leymus arenarius | |
Wood barley | Hordelymus europaeus | |
Two-rowed barley | Hordeum distichon | * |
Wall barley | Hordeum murinum | |
Foxtail barley | Hordeum jubatum | * |
Meadow barley | Hordeum secalinum | |
Sea barley | Hordeum marinum | |
Bread wheat | Triticum aestivatum | * |
Heath-grass | Danthonia decumbens | |
Pampas-grass | Cortaderia selloana | * |
Purple moor-grass | Molinia caerulea | |
Common reed | Phragmites australis | |
African love-grass | Eragrostis curvula | * |
Small love-grass | Eragrostis minor | * |
Bermuda-grass | Cynodon dactylon | * |
African Bermuda-grass | Cynodon incompletus | * |
Small cord-grass | Spartina maritima | |
Common cord-grass | Spartina anglica | |
Smooth cordgrass | Spartina alterniflora | * |
Prairie cord-grass | Spartina pectinata | * |
Cockspur | Echinochloa crus-galli | * |
Water finger-grass | Paspalum distichum | * |
Green bristle-grass | Setaria viridis | * |
Smooth finger-grass | Digitaria ischaemum | * |
Johnson grass | Sorghum halepense | * |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Branched bur-reed | Sparganium erectum | |
Unbranched bur-reed | Sparganium emersum | |
Floating bur-reed | Sparganium angustifolium | |
Least bur-reed | Sparganium natans | |
Bulrush | Typha latifolia | |
Lesser bulrush | Typha angustifolia |
Family Bromeliaceae (bromeliads)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Rhodostachys | Fascicularia bicolor | * |
Tresco rhodostachys | Ochagavia carnea | * |
Order Asparagales (asparagoid lilies)
[edit]Family Asphodelaceae (asphodel family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Kerry lily | Simethis planifolia | |
Orange day-lily | Hemerocallis fulva | * |
Yellow day-lily | Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus | * |
Red-hot-poker | Kniphofia uvaria | * |
Greater red-hot-poker | Kniphofia praecox | * |
New Zealand flax | Phormium tenax | * |
Lesser New Zealand flax | Phormium colensoi | * |
Scottish asphodel | Tofieldia pusilla | |
Bog asphodel | Narthecium ossifragum | |
White asphodel | Asphodelus albus | * |
Family Asparagaceae (asparagus family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Lily-of-the-valley | Convallaria majalis | |
Solomon's-seal | Polygonatum multiflorum | |
Angular Solomon's-seal | Polygonatum odoratum | |
Whorled Solomon's-seal | Polygonatum verticillatum | |
May lily | Maianthemum bifolium | |
Reineckea | Reineckea carnea | * |
Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum pyrenaicum | |
Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum umbellatum | |
Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum nutans | * |
Alpine squill | Scilla bifolia | * |
Greek squill | Scilla messeniaca | * |
Siberian squill | Scilla siberica | * |
Spring squill | Scilla verna | |
Pyrenean squill | Scilla liliohyacinthus | * |
Portuguese squill | Scilla peruviana | * |
Autumn squill | Scilla autumnalis | |
Italian bluebell | Hyacinthoides italica | * |
Bluebell | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | |
Spanish bluebell | Hyacinthoides hispanica | * |
Hyacinth | Hyacinthus orientalis | * |
Glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa forbesii | * |
Lesser glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa sardensis | * |
Grape-hyacinth | Muscari neglectum | * |
Garden grape-hyacinth | Muscari armeniacum | * |
Compact grape-hyacinth | Muscari botryoides | * |
Tassel grape-hyacinth | Leopoldia comosa | * |
Wild asparagus | Asparagus officinalis | |
Butcher's-broom | Ruscus aculeatus | |
Spineless butcher's-broom | Ruscus hypoglossum | * |
Curved-leaved Spanish-dagger | Yucca gloriosa var. tristis | * |
Centuryplant | Agave americana | * |
Cabbage-palm | Cordyline australis | * |
Family Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Chives | Allium schoenoprasum | |
American garlic | Allium unifolium | * |
Rosy garlic | Allium roseum | * |
Neapolitan garlic | Allium neapolitanum | * |
Hairy garlic | Allium subhirsutum | * |
Yellow garlic | Allium moly | * |
Three-cornered garlic | Allium triquetrum | * |
Italian garlic | Allium pendulinum | * |
Few-flowered garlic | Allium paradoxum | * |
Ramsons | Allium ursinum | |
Field garlic | Allium oleraceum | |
Keeled garlic | Allium carinatum | * |
Wild leek | Allium ampeloprasum | |
Sand leek | Allium scorodoprasum | |
Round-headed leek | Allium sphaerocephalon | |
Wild onion | Allium vineale | |
Broad-leaved leek | Allium nigrum | * |
Honey garlic | Nectaroscordum siculum | * |
Honeybells | Nothoscordum borbonicum | * |
African lily | Agapanthus praecox | * |
Spring starflower | Tristagma uniflorum | * |
Jersey lily | Amaryllis belladonna | * |
Winter daffodil | Sternbergia lutea | * |
Summer snowflake | Leucojum aestivum | |
Spring snowflake | Leucojum vernum | |
Snowdrop | Galanthus nivalis | * |
Greater snowdrop | Galanthus elwesii | * |
Caucasian snowdrop | Galanthus caucasicus | * |
Pleated snowdrop | Galanthus plicatus | * |
Bunch-flowered daffodil | Narcissus tazetta | * |
Paper-white daffodil | Narcissus papyraceus | * |
Pheasant's-eye daffodil | Narcissus poeticus | * |
Hoop-petticoat daffodil | Narcissus bulbocodium | * |
Daffodil | Narcissus pseudonarcissus | |
Cyclamen-flowered daffodil | Narcissus cyclamineus | * |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Blue-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium bermudiana | |
American blue-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium montanum | * |
Yellow-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium californicum | * |
Veined yellow-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium laxum | * |
Pale yellow-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium striatum | * |
Blue corn-lily | Aristea ecklonii | * |
Snake's-head iris | Hermodactylus tuberosus | * |
Bearded iris | Iris germanica | * |
Siberian iris | Iris sibirica | * |
Yellow iris | Iris pseudacorus | |
Purple iris | Iris versicolor | * |
Japanese iris | Iris ensata | * |
Blue iris | Iris spuria | * |
Turkish iris | Iris orientalis | * |
Stinking iris | Iris foetidissima | |
English iris | Iris latifolia | * |
Spanish iris | Iris xiphium | * |
Bugle-lily | Watsonia borbonica | * |
Sand crocus | Romulea columnae | |
Oniongrass | Romulea rosea | * |
Spring crocus | Crocus vernus | * |
Early crocus | Crocus tommasinianus | * |
Autumn crocus | Crocus nudiflorus | * |
Kotschy's crocus | Crocus kotschyanus | * |
Sieber's crocus | Crocus sieberi | * |
Golden crocus | Crocus chrysanthus | * |
Pure yellow crocus | Crocus flavus | * |
Bieberstein's crocus | Crocus speciosus | * |
Hairy crocus | Crocus pulchellus | * |
Wild gladiolus | Gladiolus illyricus | |
Eastern gladiolus | Gladiolus communis | * |
Red corn-lily | Ixia campanulata | * |
Tubular corn-lily | Ixia paniculata | * |
Plain harlequinflower | Sparaxis grandiflora | * |
Freesia | Freesia x hybrida | * |
Aunt-Eliza | Crocosmia paniculata | * |
Giant montbretia | Crocosmia masoniorum | * |
Potts' montbretia | Crocosmia pottsii | * |
Chasmanthe | Chasmanthe bicolor | * |
Family Orchidaceae (orchid family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Lady's-slipper | Cypripedium calceolus | |
White helleborine | Cephalanthera damasonium | |
Narrow-leaved helleborine | Cephalanthera longifolia | |
Red helleborine | Cephalanthera rubra | |
Marsh helleborine | Epipactis palustris | |
Dark-red helleborine | Epipactis atrorubens | |
Violet helleborine | Epipactis purpurata | |
Broad-leaved helleborine | Epipactis helleborine | |
Young's helleborine | Epipactis youngiana | |
Narrow-lipped helleborine | Epipactis leptochila | |
Green-flowered helleborine | Epipactis phyllanthes | |
Ghost orchid | Epipogium aphyllum | |
Bird's-nest orchid | Neottia nidus-avis | |
Common twayblade | Neottia ovata | |
Lesser twayblade | Neottia cordata | |
Autumn lady's-tresses | Spiranthes spiralis | |
Summer lady's-tresses | Spiranthes aestivalis | e |
Irish lady's-tresses | Spiranthes romanzoffiana | |
Creeping lady's-tresses | Goodyera repens | |
Fen orchid | Liparis loeselii | |
Bog orchid | Hammarbya paludosa | |
Coralroot orchid | Corallorrhiza trifida | |
Musk orchid | Herminium monorchis | |
Greater butterfly-orchid | Platanthera chlorantha | |
Lesser butterfly-orchid | Platanthera bifolia | |
Pyramidal orchid | Anacamptis pyramidalis | |
Small-white orchid | Pseudorchis albida | |
Fragrant orchid | Gymnadenia conopsea | |
Frog orchid | Coeloglossum viride | |
Common spotted-orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | |
Heath spotted-orchid | Dactylorhiza maculata | |
Early marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza incarnata | |
Southern marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza praetermissa | |
Northern marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza purpurella | |
Western marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza majalis | |
Narrow-leaved marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza traunsteineri | |
Lapland marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza lapponica | |
Dense-flowered orchid | Neotinea maculata | |
Loose-flowered orchid | Orchis laxiflora | |
Early-purple orchid | Orchis mascula | |
Green-winged orchid | Orchis morio | |
Burnt orchid | Orchis ustulata | |
Lady orchid | Orchis purpurea | |
Military orchid | Orchis militaris | |
Monkey orchid | Orchis simia | |
Man orchid | Aceras anthropophorum | |
Lizard orchid | Himantoglossum hircinum | |
Fly orchid | Ophrys insectifera | |
Early spider-orchid | Ophrys sphegodes | |
Bee orchid | Ophrys apifera | |
Late spider-orchid | Ophrys fuciflora |
Family Colchicaceae (colchicum family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Meadow saffron | Colchicum autumnale |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Snowdon lily | Gagea serotina (syn. Lloydia serotina) | |
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem | Gagea lutea | |
Early Star-of-Bethlehem | Gagea bohemica | |
Wild tulip | Tulipa sylvestris | * |
Cretan tulip | Tulipa saxatilis | * |
Garden tulip | Tulipa gesneriana | * |
Fritillary | Fritillaria meleagris | * |
Martagon lily | Lilium martagon | * |
Pyrenean lily | Lilium pyrenaicum | * |
Family Melanthiaceae (bunchflower family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Herb-paris | Paris quadrifolia |
Family Alstroemeriaceae (alstroemer family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Peruvian lily | Alstroemeria aurea | * |
Chilean-iris | Libertia chilensis (syns. L. formosa, L. elegans) | * |
Order Dioscoreales
[edit]Family Dioscoreaceae (yam family)
[edit]English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Black bryony | Dioscorea communis |