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The tables below have been compiled by Penny Corrin. Assistance and/or advice and/or more photos have been provided by Juan Corrin, Peter Smith, Patrick Warren and Terry Whitaker. (110 records. Updated 1/4/2012)
It can be quite difficult to identify some of the flowers around Matienzo. The area is at the periphery of "Britain and Northern Europe" and is also partly "Alpine". In addition, some Matienzo wild flowers appear to be subtly different to their "Northern European" counterparts.
     

Matienzo Flowers - English name order

Jump to English generic name order   Jump to Latin name order
English name
Latin name
Habitat
(and flowering time)
Photos
Alpine gentianGentiana alpinahillside (Late Spring and Summer)  
ArzollaCarduncellus mitissimus   
AstrantiaAstrantia majorWoods / mountain meadows (June - September)  
AuriculaPrimula auricular qryroadsides (Spring)
Autumn crocusColchicum autumnaleshort grass; high on hills (Autumn into Winter)  
Barren strawberryPotentilla sterilusdry grassland, open woods (February - May)  
Bartsia qryBartsia qry   
Bee orchidOphrys apiferalimestone (May - June)  
Bird's foot trefoilLotus corniculatusmeadows and roadsides (May - September)
Birdseye primrosePrimula farinosagrassy places in hills (May - July)
Black medickMedicago lupulinaroadsides and rocky places (April - October)  
Bog pimpernelAnagallis tenellabogs (May - September)
BugleAjuga reptansdamp woods (Spring and Summer)  
Clustered bellflowerCampanula glomeratagrassland on lime (June - October)  
ColumbineAquilegia vulgarisgrassy banks and roadsides (Late Spring)  
Common butterwortPinguicula vulgaris   
Common comfreySymphytum offiicinalewide spread (April-June)
Common DandelionTaraxacum officinalewidespread (all year)  
Common MilkweedPolygala vulgaris   
Common mouse-earCerastium fontanumwaste and cultivated greound and grassland (April - November)  
Common mouse-earCerastium fontanumwaste and cultivated ground (April - November)  
Common ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralisroadsides (May to September)
Common rockroseHelianthemum nummulariumrocky hillsides (Spring and Summer)  
Common spotted orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiion limestone (May - August)  
Common star of BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatumgrassy places (Spring into early Summer)
Common valerianValeriana officinalisroadsides and walls (June - August)  
Common vetchVicia sativaBare or grassy ground (April - September)  
Cuckoo flower/ Lady's smockCardamine pratentisgrassy area - meadows (March - April)  
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill-qryGeranium dissectumhedgebanks and cultivated land (Spring and summer)
Cut-leaved self-heal qryPrunella laciniata qrydry grassy and bare places (June - October)  
DaisyBellis perennismeadows, roadside, grassy places (most of year)  
Devilsbit scabiousSuccisa pratensisdamp grassy areas (June - October)  
Dog rose qryRosa canina qryhedges / scrub (June - July)  
Dog violetViola rivinianavery widespread (Late Winter & Spring)  
Dog's tooth violetErythronium denscanisgrassy hillsides (Spring)  
Dove's foot cranesbill qryGeranium molle qrybare grassy places (April to September)  
EuphorbiaEuphorbiawidespread (Spring - Autumn)
Fairy foxgloveErinus alpinusrocks, screes (May - October)  
Field madder qrySherardia arvenisbare and cultivated ground (May - September)  
Field scabiousKnautia arvensisroadsides and field margins (May - October)  
ForgetmenotMyosotis sp.roadsides and field edges (April - October)  
Fragrant orchid qryGymnadenia conopseagrass land (June - July)
Garland flowerDaphne cneorumvery widespread - rocky hillsides (Spring)  
Germander speedwellVeronica chamaedrysgrassy roadsides (Spring)
GorseUlex europaeusheaths / grassland (All year)  
Greater butterfly orchid qry.jpgPlatanthera chlorantha qry.jpgopen grassland (May - June)  
Greater stitchwortStellaria holosteafield edges (Spring into Summer)  
Green helleboreHelloborus virideswidespread (Late Winter & Spring)
Hairy rockcressArabis hisuta   
HarebellCampanula rotundifoliadry grassland and heath (July - October)  
HawkweedHieracium   
Heath qryEricaceae   
Hedge mustardSisymbrium officinaledisturbed ground (April - August)
Herb robertGeranium robertianumvery widespread (All year)
Hoop petticoat daffodilNarcissus bulbocodiumgrassy hillsides (Spring)
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanchaceae hederaeon Ivy (June - September)  
Ivy leaved toadflaxCymbalaria muraliswalls (Spring to Autumn)
Ivy-leaved bellflower qryWahlenbergia hederacea qrydamp places (June - August)  
Kerry lilySimethis planifoliaheathy and rocky places (May - June)
Lesser celandineRanunculus ficariadamp places (Spring)  
LiverleafHepatica nobilisopen woodland (Late Winter & Spring)
Martagon lilyLilium martagonWood / scrub / mountain grassy areas (June - July)
Matted globulariaGlobularia cordifoliawidespread (Spring)  
Meadow buttercupRanunculus acrismeadows and damp grassland (April - July)  
MeadowCranes'-billGeranium pratensemeadows & grassy places on limestone (June - September)  
Mountain milkwortPolygala alpestrisPastures, usually on limestone (May - August)  
Musk mallowMalva moschata 
Narrow-leafed lungwortPulmonaria longifoliashady places (Spring into summer)  
Northern dragonheadDracocephalum ruyschianadry grassy places (Summer)  
Nottingham catchflySilene nutansdry roadsides (Spring)
Orchid qryOrchidaceae   
Ox-eye daisyLeucanthemum vulgareroadsides and waste places (May - September)
OxlipPrimula elatiorgrassy slopes (Spring)
Perennial flaxLinum perennegrassland (Spring into Summer)
PrimrosePrimula vulgarisgrassy banks (Late Winter & Spring)  
Pyramidal orchidAnacamptis pyramidalisOn limestone (June - August)  
Pyrenean germanderTeucrium pyrenaicumon limestone (May - August)
qry-05qry-05   
qry-09qry-09   
Red deadnettleLamium purpureumroadsides (All year)
Rock cinquefoilPotentilla rupestrisrocky slopes (Late Winter into Spring)
Round-headed Rampion qryPhyteuma tenerum qrydry grass land on lime (July - August)  
SaxifrageSaxifraga canaliculata   
Scarlet pimpernelAnagallis arvensisvery widespread (All year)  
Shrubby gromwellLithodora oleifoliavery widespread above valley bottom (All year)
Smooth sow-thistleSonchus oleraceuswaste ground and cultivated land (April - November)  
Spanish bluebellEndymion hispanicuswoods, scrub, hedge banks (April - June)  
Spring heathErica herbaceahillsides (May - September)  
Spring sqillScilla vernagrassy hillsides (Spring)  
Spurge laurelDaphne laureolaoften between clints (Spring into Summer)  
Sticky flaxLinum viscosumrocky ground on hills (May - August)  
ToadflaxLinaria 
TormentilPotentilla erectawaste and grassy places (May - September)  
Trailing St John's Wort qryHypericum humifusum qryWoods / heaths (July - October)  
Upright bedstraw qryGalium album   
Viper's buglossEchium vulgaremeadows and dry rocky places (Summer)
Warty cabbage qryBunias orientaliswaste places (May - August)  
White asphodelAsphodelus albuswidespread - grassy slopes (Spring into early Summer)
Wild basil qryClinopodium vulgare qrydry grassy places (July - September)  
Wild Carrot / Queen Anne's LaceDaucus carotagrassy places (June - September)  
Wild strawberryFragaria vescawide spread (April-July)  
Wild thymeThymus serpyllum   
Wild turnipBrassica rapadisturbed ground (Spring - early summer)
WolfsbaneAconitum vulparia   
Wood anemoneAnemone nemorosashady woodland (Late Winter and Spring)  
Wood sorrelOxalis acetosella   
Yellow archangelLamiastrum galeobdolonwoods (Spring)
Yellow crucifer qryCruciferae   
Yellow Oxalis (Wood-sorrel)Oxalis corniculataDry open bare places and cultivated ground (May - October)
Yellow rattleRhinanthus minorgrassy places (May - September)  

     

Matienzo Flowers - English generic name order

Jump to English name order   Jump to Latin name order.
English name
Latin name
Habitat
(and flowering time)
Photos
Wood anemoneAnemone nemorosashady woodland (Late Winter and Spring)  
Yellow archangelLamiastrum galeobdolonwoods (Spring)
ArzollaCarduncellus mitissimus   
White asphodelAsphodelus albuswidespread - grassy slopes (Spring into early Summer)
AstrantiaAstrantia majorWoods / mountain meadows (June - September)  
Bartsia qryBartsia qry   
Wild basil qryClinopodium vulgare qrydry grassy places (July - September)  
Upright bedstraw qryGalium album   
Clustered bellflowerCampanula glomeratagrassland on lime (June - October)  
Ivy-leaved bellflower qryWahlenbergia hederacea qrydamp places (June - August)  
Spanish bluebellEndymion hispanicuswoods, scrub, hedge banks (April - June)  
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanchaceae hederaeon Ivy (June - September)  
BugleAjuga reptansdamp woods (Spring and Summer)  
Viper's buglossEchium vulgaremeadows and dry rocky places (Summer)
Meadow buttercupRanunculus acrismeadows and damp grassland (April - July)  
Common butterwortPinguicula vulgaris   
Warty cabbage qryBunias orientaliswaste places (May - August)  
Wild Carrot / Queen Anne's LaceDaucus carotagrassy places (June - September)  
Nottingham catchflySilene nutansdry roadsides (Spring)
Lesser celandineRanunculus ficariadamp places (Spring)  
Rock cinquefoilPotentilla rupestrisrocky slopes (Late Winter into Spring)
ColumbineAquilegia vulgarisgrassy banks and roadsides (Late Spring)  
Common comfreySymphytum offiicinalewide spread (April-June)
Dove's foot cranesbill qryGeranium molle qrybare grassy places (April to September)  
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill-qryGeranium dissectumhedgebanks and cultivated land (Spring and summer)
Autumn crocusColchicum autumnaleshort grass; high on hills (Autumn into Winter)  
Yellow crucifer qryCruciferae   
Cuckoo flower/ Lady's smockCardamine pratentisgrassy area - meadows (March - April)  
Hoop petticoat daffodilNarcissus bulbocodiumgrassy hillsides (Spring)
DaisyBellis perennismeadows, roadside, grassy places (most of year)  
Ox-eye daisyLeucanthemum vulgareroadsides and waste places (May - September)
Common DandelionTaraxacum officinalewidespread (all year)  
Red deadnettleLamium purpureumroadsides (All year)
Northern dragonheadDracocephalum ruyschianadry grassy places (Summer)  
EuphorbiaEuphorbiawidespread (Spring - Autumn)
Perennial flaxLinum perennegrassland (Spring into Summer)
Sticky flaxLinum viscosumrocky ground on hills (May - August)  
ForgetmenotMyosotis sp.roadsides and field edges (April - October)  
Fairy foxgloveErinus alpinusrocks, screes (May - October)  
Common ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralisroadsides (May to September)
Garland flowerDaphne cneorumvery widespread - rocky hillsides (Spring)  
Alpine gentianGentiana alpinahillside (Late Spring and Summer)  
MeadowCranes'-billGeranium pratensemeadows & grassy places on limestone (June - September)  
Pyrenean germanderTeucrium pyrenaicumon limestone (May - August)
Matted globulariaGlobularia cordifoliawidespread (Spring)  
GorseUlex europaeusheaths / grassland (All year)  
Shrubby gromwellLithodora oleifoliavery widespread above valley bottom (All year)
HarebellCampanula rotundifoliadry grassland and heath (July - October)  
HawkweedHieracium   
Heath qryEricaceae   
Spring heathErica herbaceahillsides (May - September)  
Green helleboreHelloborus virideswidespread (Late Winter & Spring)
Herb robertGeranium robertianumvery widespread (All year)
Spurge laurelDaphne laureolaoften between clints (Spring into Summer)  
Kerry lilySimethis planifoliaheathy and rocky places (May - June)
Martagon lilyLilium martagonWood / scrub / mountain grassy areas (June - July)
LiverleafHepatica nobilisopen woodland (Late Winter & Spring)
Narrow-leafed lungwortPulmonaria longifoliashady places (Spring into summer)  
Field madder qrySherardia arvenisbare and cultivated ground (May - September)  
Musk mallowMalva moschata 
Black medickMedicago lupulinaroadsides and rocky places (April - October)  
Common MilkweedPolygala vulgaris   
Mountain milkwortPolygala alpestrisPastures, usually on limestone (May - August)  
Common mouse-earCerastium fontanumwaste and cultivated ground (April - November)  
Common mouse-earCerastium fontanumwaste and cultivated greound and grassland (April - November)  
Hedge mustardSisymbrium officinaledisturbed ground (April - August)
Bee orchidOphrys apiferalimestone (May - June)  
Common spotted orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiion limestone (May - August)  
Fragrant orchid qryGymnadenia conopseagrass land (June - July)
Greater butterfly orchid qry.jpgPlatanthera chlorantha qry.jpgopen grassland (May - June)  
Orchid qryOrchidaceae   
Pyramidal orchidAnacamptis pyramidalisOn limestone (June - August)  
OxlipPrimula elatiorgrassy slopes (Spring)
Bog pimpernelAnagallis tenellabogs (May - September)
Scarlet pimpernelAnagallis arvensisvery widespread (All year)  
Birdseye primrosePrimula farinosagrassy places in hills (May - July)
PrimrosePrimula vulgarisgrassy banks (Late Winter & Spring)  
AuriculaPrimula auricular qryroadsides (Spring)
qry-05qry-05   
qry-09qry-09   
Round-headed Rampion qryPhyteuma tenerum qrydry grass land on lime (July - August)  
Yellow rattleRhinanthus minorgrassy places (May - September)  
Hairy rockcressArabis hisuta   
Common rockroseHelianthemum nummulariumrocky hillsides (Spring and Summer)  
Dog rose qryRosa canina qryhedges / scrub (June - July)  
SaxifrageSaxifraga canaliculata   
Devilsbit scabiousSuccisa pratensisdamp grassy areas (June - October)  
Field scabiousKnautia arvensisroadsides and field margins (May - October)  
Cut-leaved self-heal qryPrunella laciniata qrydry grassy and bare places (June - October)  
Wood sorrelOxalis acetosella   
Smooth sow-thistleSonchus oleraceuswaste ground and cultivated land (April - November)  
Germander speedwellVeronica chamaedrysgrassy roadsides (Spring)
Spring sqillScilla vernagrassy hillsides (Spring)  
Trailing St John's Wort qryHypericum humifusum qryWoods / heaths (July - October)  
Common star of BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatumgrassy places (Spring into early Summer)
Greater stitchwortStellaria holosteafield edges (Spring into Summer)  
Barren strawberryPotentilla sterilusdry grassland, open woods (February - May)  
Wild strawberryFragaria vescawide spread (April-July)  
Wild thymeThymus serpyllum   
Ivy leaved toadflaxCymbalaria muraliswalls (Spring to Autumn)
ToadflaxLinaria 
TormentilPotentilla erectawaste and grassy places (May - September)  
Bird's foot trefoilLotus corniculatusmeadows and roadsides (May - September)
Wild turnipBrassica rapadisturbed ground (Spring - early summer)
Common valerianValeriana officinalisroadsides and walls (June - August)  
Common vetchVicia sativaBare or grassy ground (April - September)  
Dog violetViola rivinianavery widespread (Late Winter & Spring)  
Dog's tooth violetErythronium denscanisgrassy hillsides (Spring)  
WolfsbaneAconitum vulparia   
Yellow Oxalis (Wood-sorrel)Oxalis corniculataDry open bare places and cultivated ground (May - October)
     

Matienzo Flowers - Latin name order

Jump to English generic name order   Jump to English name order.
English name
Latin name
Habitat
(and flowering time)
Photos
WolfsbaneAconitum vulparia   
BugleAjuga reptansdamp woods (Spring and Summer)  
Pyramidal orchidAnacamptis pyramidalisOn limestone (June - August)  
Scarlet pimpernelAnagallis arvensisvery widespread (All year)  
Bog pimpernelAnagallis tenellabogs (May - September)
Wood anemoneAnemone nemorosashady woodland (Late Winter and Spring)  
ColumbineAquilegia vulgarisgrassy banks and roadsides (Late Spring)  
Hairy rockcressArabis hisuta   
White asphodelAsphodelus albuswidespread - grassy slopes (Spring into early Summer)
AstrantiaAstrantia majorWoods / mountain meadows (June - September)  
Bartsia qryBartsia qry   
DaisyBellis perennismeadows, roadside, grassy places (most of year)  
Wild turnipBrassica rapadisturbed ground (Spring - early summer)
Warty cabbage qryBunias orientaliswaste places (May - August)  
Clustered bellflowerCampanula glomeratagrassland on lime (June - October)  
HarebellCampanula rotundifoliadry grassland and heath (July - October)  
Cuckoo flower/ Lady's smockCardamine pratentisgrassy area - meadows (March - April)  
ArzollaCarduncellus mitissimus   
Common mouse-earCerastium fontanumwaste and cultivated greound and grassland (April - November)  
Common mouse-earCerastium fontanumwaste and cultivated ground (April - November)  
Wild basil qryClinopodium vulgare qrydry grassy places (July - September)  
Autumn crocusColchicum autumnaleshort grass; high on hills (Autumn into Winter)  
Yellow crucifer qryCruciferae   
Ivy leaved toadflaxCymbalaria muraliswalls (Spring to Autumn)
Common spotted orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiion limestone (May - August)  
Garland flowerDaphne cneorumvery widespread - rocky hillsides (Spring)  
Spurge laurelDaphne laureolaoften between clints (Spring into Summer)  
Wild Carrot / Queen Anne's LaceDaucus carotagrassy places (June - September)  
Northern dragonheadDracocephalum ruyschianadry grassy places (Summer)  
Viper's buglossEchium vulgaremeadows and dry rocky places (Summer)
Spanish bluebellEndymion hispanicuswoods, scrub, hedge banks (April - June)  
Spring heathErica herbaceahillsides (May - September)  
Heath qryEricaceae   
Fairy foxgloveErinus alpinusrocks, screes (May - October)  
Dog's tooth violetErythronium denscanisgrassy hillsides (Spring)  
EuphorbiaEuphorbiawidespread (Spring - Autumn)
Wild strawberryFragaria vescawide spread (April-July)  
Common ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralisroadsides (May to September)
Upright bedstraw qryGalium album   
Alpine gentianGentiana alpinahillside (Late Spring and Summer)  
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill-qryGeranium dissectumhedgebanks and cultivated land (Spring and summer)
Dove's foot cranesbill qryGeranium molle qrybare grassy places (April to September)  
MeadowCranes'-billGeranium pratensemeadows & grassy places on limestone (June - September)  
Herb robertGeranium robertianumvery widespread (All year)
Matted globulariaGlobularia cordifoliawidespread (Spring)  
Fragrant orchid qryGymnadenia conopseagrass land (June - July)
Common rockroseHelianthemum nummulariumrocky hillsides (Spring and Summer)  
Green helleboreHelloborus virideswidespread (Late Winter & Spring)
LiverleafHepatica nobilisopen woodland (Late Winter & Spring)
HawkweedHieracium   
Trailing St John's Wort qryHypericum humifusum qryWoods / heaths (July - October)  
Field scabiousKnautia arvensisroadsides and field margins (May - October)  
Yellow archangelLamiastrum galeobdolonwoods (Spring)
Red deadnettleLamium purpureumroadsides (All year)
Ox-eye daisyLeucanthemum vulgareroadsides and waste places (May - September)
Martagon lilyLilium martagonWood / scrub / mountain grassy areas (June - July)
ToadflaxLinaria 
Perennial flaxLinum perennegrassland (Spring into Summer)
Sticky flaxLinum viscosumrocky ground on hills (May - August)  
Shrubby gromwellLithodora oleifoliavery widespread above valley bottom (All year)
Bird's foot trefoilLotus corniculatusmeadows and roadsides (May - September)
Musk mallowMalva moschata 
Black medickMedicago lupulinaroadsides and rocky places (April - October)  
ForgetmenotMyosotis sp.roadsides and field edges (April - October)  
Hoop petticoat daffodilNarcissus bulbocodiumgrassy hillsides (Spring)
Bee orchidOphrys apiferalimestone (May - June)  
Orchid qryOrchidaceae   
Common star of BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatumgrassy places (Spring into early Summer)
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanchaceae hederaeon Ivy (June - September)  
Wood sorrelOxalis acetosella   
Yellow Oxalis (Wood-sorrel)Oxalis corniculataDry open bare places and cultivated ground (May - October)
Round-headed Rampion qryPhyteuma tenerum qrydry grass land on lime (July - August)  
Common butterwortPinguicula vulgaris   
Greater butterfly orchid qry.jpgPlatanthera chlorantha qry.jpgopen grassland (May - June)  
Mountain milkwortPolygala alpestrisPastures, usually on limestone (May - August)  
Common MilkweedPolygala vulgaris   
TormentilPotentilla erectawaste and grassy places (May - September)  
Rock cinquefoilPotentilla rupestrisrocky slopes (Late Winter into Spring)
Barren strawberryPotentilla sterilusdry grassland, open woods (February - May)  
AuriculaPrimula auricular qryroadsides (Spring)
OxlipPrimula elatiorgrassy slopes (Spring)
Birdseye primrosePrimula farinosagrassy places in hills (May - July)
PrimrosePrimula vulgarisgrassy banks (Late Winter & Spring)  
Cut-leaved self-heal qryPrunella laciniata qrydry grassy and bare places (June - October)  
Narrow-leafed lungwortPulmonaria longifoliashady places (Spring into summer)  
qry-05qry-05   
qry-09qry-09   
Meadow buttercupRanunculus acrismeadows and damp grassland (April - July)  
Lesser celandineRanunculus ficariadamp places (Spring)  
Yellow rattleRhinanthus minorgrassy places (May - September)  
Dog rose qryRosa canina qryhedges / scrub (June - July)  
SaxifrageSaxifraga canaliculata   
Spring sqillScilla vernagrassy hillsides (Spring)  
Field madder qrySherardia arvenisbare and cultivated ground (May - September)  
Nottingham catchflySilene nutansdry roadsides (Spring)
Kerry lilySimethis planifoliaheathy and rocky places (May - June)
Hedge mustardSisymbrium officinaledisturbed ground (April - August)
Smooth sow-thistleSonchus oleraceuswaste ground and cultivated land (April - November)  
Greater stitchwortStellaria holosteafield edges (Spring into Summer)  
Devilsbit scabiousSuccisa pratensisdamp grassy areas (June - October)  
Common comfreySymphytum offiicinalewide spread (April-June)
Common DandelionTaraxacum officinalewidespread (all year)  
Pyrenean germanderTeucrium pyrenaicumon limestone (May - August)
Wild thymeThymus serpyllum   
GorseUlex europaeusheaths / grassland (All year)  
Common valerianValeriana officinalisroadsides and walls (June - August)  
Germander speedwellVeronica chamaedrysgrassy roadsides (Spring)
Common vetchVicia sativaBare or grassy ground (April - September)  
Dog violetViola rivinianavery widespread (Late Winter & Spring)  
Ivy-leaved bellflower qryWahlenbergia hederacea qrydamp places (June - August)