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Matienzo Flowers
So many people asked me if I could identify flowers for them over the Easter period that I started to make a list, so for anyone who may be interested, here it is: Some of the flowers seen in and around Matienzo during March and early April 2008
Name	Latin	Habitat (and flowering time)	Photos
Cuckoo flower/ Lady’s smock	cardamine pratentis	grassy area- meadows
Liverleaf	hepatica nobilis	open woodland (Late Winter & Spring)	2
Wood anemone	anemone nemorosa	shady woodland (Late Winter & Spring)
Green hellebore	helloborus virides	widespread (Late Winter & Spring)
Dog violet	viola riviniana	very widespread (Late Winter & Spring)
Primrose	primula vulgaris	grassy banks (Late Winter & Spring)
Auricula	primula auricular?	roadsides (Spring)
Oxlip	primula elatior?	grassy slopes (Spring)
Purple deadnettle	lamium purpureum	roadsides (all year)
Yellow archangel	lamiastrum galeobdolon	woods (Spring)
Lungwort	pulmonaria officinalis	shady places (Spring into Summer)
Dog’s tooth violet	erythronium denscanis	grassy hillsides (Spring)	2
Petticoat hoop narcissus	?	grassy hillsides (Spring)
Spurge laurel	daphne laureola	often between clints (Spring into Summer)
Garland flower	daphne cneorum	very widespread - rocky hillsides (Spring)	2
Shrubby gromwell	lithodora oleifolia	very widespread above valley bottom (all year)
Spring sqill	scilla verna	grassy hillsides (Spring)
Lesser celandine	ranunculus ficaria	damp (Spring)
Perennial flax	linum perenne	grassland (Spring into Summer)	2 3
Ivy leaved toadflax	cymbalaria muralis	walls (Spring to Autumn)
Globularia	globularia vulgaris	widespread (Spring)
Rock cinquefoil	potentilla rupestris	rocky slopes (late Winter into Spring)
Common rockrose	helianthemum nummularium	rocky hillsides (Spring & Summer)
Nottingham catchfly	silene nutans	dry roadsides (Spring)
White asphodel	asphodelus albus	widespread- grassy slopes (Spring into early summer)
Dove’s foot cranesbill	geranium molle	bare grassy places(April to September)
Herb Robert	geranium robertianum	very widespread (all year)
Bugle	ajuga reptans	damp woods (Sping / Summer)
Ramping fumitory	fumaria capreolata	roadsides (May - September)
Greater stitchwort	stellariaholostea	field edges (Sping into Summer)	2
Scarlet pimpernel	anagallis arvensis	very widespread (all year)
Germander speedwell	veronica chamaedrys	grassy roadsides (Spring)
Some of the flowers seen in and around Matienzo during May/June 2008
Anacamptis pyramidalis	Pyramidal Orchid	on limestone (June - August)
Bog Pimpernel	Anagellis tenella	bogs (May - September)	2
Columbine	Aquilegia vulgaris	grassy banks; roadsides (Late Spring)
Autumn Crocus	Colchicum autumnale	short grass; high on hills (Autumn into Winter)
Common Spotted Orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii	on limestone (May - August)
Northern Dragon Head	Dracocephalum ruyschiana	dry grassy places (Summer)
Viper's Bugloss	Echium vulgare	meadows and dry rocky places (Summer)	2
Spring Heath	Erica herbacea	hillsides (May - September)	2
Field Scabious	Knautia arvensis	roadsides; field margins (May - October)	2
Ox-eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare	roadsides; waste places (May - September)	2 3
Bird's Foot Trefoil	Lotus corniculatus	meadows; roadsides (May - September)	2
Black Medick and Scarlet Pimpernel	Medicago lupulina and Anagallis Arvensis	roadsides; rocky places (April - October)	2
Field Forgetmenot	Myosotis arvensis	roadsides; field edges (April - October)
Bee Orchid	Ophrys apifera	limestone (May - June)
Common Star of Bethlehem	Ornithogalum umbellatum	grassy places (Spring into early Summer)	2 3
Greater Butterfly Orchid?	platanthera chlorantha?	open grassland (May - June)
Tormentil	potentilla erecta	waste and grassy places (May - September)
Yellow Rattle	Rhinanthus minor	grassy places (May - September)
Pyrenean Germander	Teucrium pyrenaicum	on limestone(May - August)	2 3
Common Valerian	Valeriana officinalis	roadsides and walls (June - August)	2
Ivy-leaved Bellflower	Wahlenbergia hederacea	damp places (June - August)
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This is by no means a complete list. I haven’t included the very common flowers such as dandelions and daisies and the many dandelion like flowers- the sowthistles etc or the many different vetches, speedwells ……..etc. I’ve also not included several flowers I haven’t been able to identify, and I’m not certain about a few that I have included, so if anyone with more knowledge and/or a better flower book would like to add to the list- please feel free! Penny