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Native Wild Flowers
The Daisy Family (Asteraceae)
The Daisy Family is one of the largest families of wild flowers in the UK, not only does it include what you would recognise as a traditional daisy flower but the family includes Thistles, Dandelions, Ragworts, Hawkweeds, Butterburs, Yarrows,
Burdocks, Ragweeds, Cornflowers and many more. Globally the family includes over 900 genera and 20,000 species, and many, such as species of dandelion it can be very difficult to distinguish between one species and another.
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tansies, Mugworts, Ox-eye Daisies and Mayweeds (Tribe Anthemideae)
Achillea millefolium - Yarrow pink form
Achillea ptarmica - Sneezewort
Artemisia vulgaris - Mugwort leaf
Chamaemelum nobile - Chamomile
Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-eye Daisy
Matricaria discoidea - Pineapple Weed
Matricaria recutita - Scented Mayweed leaf
Tanacetum vulgare - Tansy flowers close-up
Tripleurospermum maritimum - Sea Mayweed
Alien Species
Achillea filipendulina - Fern-leaf Yarrow
Golden-rods, Daisy, Michaelmus Daisies, Fleabanes, (Tribe Astereae)
Aster tripolium - Sea Aster
Bellis perennis - Daisy group
Solidago virgaurea - Goldenrod flower close-up
Alien Species
Erigeron glaucus - Seaside Daisy plant
Erigeron karvinskianus - Mexican Fleabane
Cudweeds and Fleabanes (Tribe Inuleae)
Filago minima - Small Cudweed
Gnaphalium uliginosum - Marsh Cudweed
Inula crithmoides - Golden Samphire seed heads
Pulicaria dysenterica - Common Fleabane
Ragworts, Groundsels, Colt's-foot and Butterburs (Tribe Senecioneae)
Senecio aquaticus - Marsh Ragwort leaf tip
Senecio erucifolius - Hoary Ragwort flower side-view leaf
Senecio jacobaea - Common Ragwort flowers close-up plant
Senecio vulgaris - Groundsel
Tussilago farfara - Colt's-foot leaf seed head
Alien Species
Petasites fragrans - Winter Heliotrope leaf
Senecio cineraria - Silver Ragwort
Senecio squalidus - Oxford Ragwort leaf plant
Calendulas, Field Marigolds and Osteospermums (Tribe Calenduleae)
Aliens Species
Osteospermum jacundum - Osteospermum / Star of the Veldt
Hemp-agrimony (Tribe Eupatorieae)
Eupatorium cannabinum - Hemp-agrimony plants
Subfamily Lactucoideae
Thistles, Knapweeds, Cornflowers, Saw-worts and Burdocks (Tribe Cardueae)
Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock
Carduus tenuiflorus - Slender Thistle
Centaurea cyanus - Cornflower (white hort. form)
Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed -1 flower top-view
Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed -2 flower top-view
Centaurea scabiosa - Greater Knapweed in bud white form
Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle
Cirsium palustre - Marsh Thistle white form
Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle
Chicory, Nippleworts, Cat's Ear's and Ox-tounges etc. (Tribe Lactuceae)
Cichorium intybus - Chicory
Crepis capillaris - Smooth Hawk's-beard flower underside leaf
Hypochaeris maculata - Spotted Cat's-ear leaf plant
Lapsana communis - Nipplewort leaf
Leontodon saxatilis - Lesser Hawkbit flower underside leaf
Picris echioides - Bristly Oxtongue
Pilosella officinarum - Mouse-ear Hawkweed flower underside
Taraxacum officinale - Dandelion
Tragopogon pratensis - Goat's Beard
Sonchus arvensis - Perennial Sow-thistle
Sonchus asper - Prickly Sow Thistle
Sonchus oleraceus - Smooth Sow-thistle
Alien Species
Pilosella aurantiaca - Fox and Cubs flower side-view
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