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Latin Name* English Name Primary Color   Family
 

M

Malva sylvestris Knotted Crane's-bill Pale Purple Geraniaceae
Medicago lupulina Black Medic Yellow Fabaceae
Medicago sativa Alfalfa Purple Fabaceae
Melampyrum cristatum Crested Cow-wheat Pale Yellow Orobanchaceae
Melampyrum pratense Common Cow Wheat Yellow, White Orobanchaceae
Melampyrum sylvaticum Small Cow Wheat Yellow Orobanchaceae
Melilotus albus Bokhara, honey, tree, sweet, white-flowered sweet or white sweet clover, white melilot White Fabaceae
Melilotus officinalis Ribbed Melilot Yellow Fabaceae
Melittis melissophyllum Bastard Balm White Lamiaceae
Mentha aquatica Water Mint White Lamiaceae
Minuartia capillacea Sandwort and Stitchwort group White Caryophyllaceae
Moehringia muscosa Mossy Sandwort White Caryophyllaceae
Mycelis muralis Wall Lettuce Yellow Asteraceae
Myosotis alpestris Alpine Forget-me-not Blue Boraginaceae
Myosoton aquaticum Grasslike Starwort, Lesser Stitchwort White Caryophyllaceae
 

N

Neottia nidus-avis Birds nest orchid Brown Orchidaceae
 

O

Onobrychis viciifolia Sainfoin Pink Fabaceae
Ononis repens Common Restharrow Purple Fabaceae
Ophrys holoserica Late Spider Orchid Violet Orchidaceae
Orchis mascula Early Purple Orchid Blue Orchidaceae
Origanum vulgare Oregano White Red Lamiaceae
Orobanche alba Thyme Broomrape Brown Orobanchaceae
Orobanche gracilis Slender Broomrape Brown Orobanchaceae
Oxalis acetosella Common Wood Sorrel White, Yellow Oxalidaceae
 

P

Pedicularis palustris Marsh Lousewort Pink Orobanchaceae
Petasites albus White Butterbur White Asteraceae
Petasites hybridus Butterbur White Asteraceae
Phyteuma orbiculare Round-headed Rampion Blue Campanulaceae
Phyteuma spicatum Spiked Rampion White Campanulaceae
Picris hieracioides Hawkweed Oxtongue Yellow Asteraceae
Plantago atrata Dark Plantain White Plantaginaceae
Plantago media Hoary Plantain Pink White Plantaginaceae
Platanthera bifolia Lesser Butterfly-orchid White Orchidaceae
Polygala vulgaris Common Milkwort Blue Polygalaceae
Polygonatum multiflorum Solomon's seal, David's harp, Ladder to heaven white Ruscaceae
Polygonatum odoratum Scented or Angular Solomon's Seal white Ruscaceae
Potentilla crantzii Alpine Cinquefoil Yellow, Red Rosaceae
Potentilla hirta Hairy Cinqfoil Yellow, Green Rosaceae
Prenanthes purpurea Purple Lettuce Purple Asteraceae
Primula elatior True Oxlip Yellow Primulaceae
Primula vulgaris English Primrose White Primulaceae
Prunella vulgaris Common Selfheal Purple Lamiaceae
 

R

Ranunculus montanus Mountain Buttercup Yellow Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus platanifolius Large White Buttercup White Ranunculaceae
Reseda lutea Wild Minionette Yellow Resedaceae
Rhinanthus alectorolophus Greater Yellowrattle Yellow Scrophulariaceae
Rosa rubiginosa Sweet Briar Pink Rosaceae
Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel, Garden Sorrel, Spinach Dock, Narrow-leaved Dock Red Polygonaceae
 

S

Salix appendiculata Large Leafed Willow Yellow Salicaceae
Salvia pratensis Meadow Sage Blue Lamiaceae
Sanguisorba minor polygama Salad Burnet Pink Rosaceae
Saxifraga aizoides Yellow Mountain Saxifrage or Yellow Saxifrage Yellow Saxifragaceae
Scabiosa columbaria Pigeon scabious, Pincushion flower, Small scabious, Dove pincushion Pale Blue Dipsacaceae
Scabiosa lucida Bright Scabious Blue Dispacaceae
Securigera varia Crown Vetch, Purple Crown Vetch Purple, White Fabaceae
Sedum album Stonecrop White Crassulaceae
Sedum dasyphyllum Thick-leaved Stonecrop White Crassulaceae
Sedum sexangulare Tasteless Stonecrop Yellow Crassulaceae
Sempervivum tectorum alpinum Common Houseleek Pink, Red, White Crassulaceae
Senecio erucifolius Hoary Ragwort Yellow Asteraceae
Senecio jacobea Common Ragwort Yellow Asteraceae
Senecio ovatus Wood Ragwort Yellow Asteraceae
Silene dioica Red Campion Red (Pink) Caryophyllaceae
Silene flos-cuculi Ragged Robin Pink Caryophyllaceae
Silene nutans Nottingham Catchfly White Caryophyllaceae
Silene pratensis Evening Campion White Caryophyllaceae
Silene vulgaris Bladder Campion White Caryophyllaceae
Soldanella alpina Alpine Snowbell Blue Primulaceae
Solidago gigantea Giant Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Smooth Three-ribbed Goldenrod Yellow Asteraceae
Solidago virgaurea European Goldenrod Yellow Asteraceae
Stachys recta Yellow Woundwort White Lamiaceae
Stachys sylvatica Broad-leaved Helleborine Red Lamiaceae
 

T

Teucrium montana Mountain Germander White Lamiaceae
Teucrium scorodonia Water Germander White Green Lamiaceae
Thlaspi alpestre Alpine Pennycress White Brassicaceae
Traunsteinera globosa Globe Orchid Purple Orchidaceae
Thymus serpyllum Wild Thyme Blue Lamiaceae
Tozzia alpina "Alpine Tozzia" Yellow Scrophulariaceae
Traunsteinera globosa Globe Orchid Purple Orchidaceae
Trifolium pratense Red Clover Purple Fabaceae
Trollius europaeus Globeflower Yellow Fabaceae
Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot Yellow Asteraceae
 

V

Valeriana officinalis Garden Valerian White, Purple, Green Valerianaceae
Valerianella locusta Corn Salad White Valerianaceae
Veratrum album White Hellebore, European White Hellebore, White Veratrum White Melanthiaceae
Veratrum nigrum Black Hellebore Green Melanthiaceae
Verbena officinalis Vervain Blue Verbenaceae
Veronica chamaedrys Common Field-speedwell Blue Plantaginaceae
Veronica persica Common Field-speedwell Blue Plantaginaceae
Veronica spicata Spiked Speedwell Purple Plantaginaceae
Veronica teucrium Large Speedwell Light Blue Resedaceae
Vicia cracca cracca Tufted Vetch Purple Fabaceae
Vicia dumetorum Great Wood Vetch Blue Fabaceae
Vicia verna Spring Vetch Purple Fabaceae
Viola calcarata Long-Spurred Pansy Blue Violaceae
Viola odorata Sweet Violet, English Violet Violet Violaceae
Viola reichenbachiana Early Dog Violet Violet Violaceae