Roadside wildflowers

Roadside Wild Flowers
Cow Parsley
Buttercups
Cowslip
Anthriscus sylvestris
Ranunculus spp.
Primula veris
Cochlearia danica
Stellaria holostea
Also known as
‘Eggs and Bacon’
due to its yellow
and orange hue.
Related to the
carrot, its known as
‘parsley’ because of
its feathery leaves.
Three species are
common to the UK.
All share the classic
golden petals.
The name of this
classic spring flower
comes from cowslup
- a word for cowpat!
Once a resident of
saltmarshes, gritting
has led to it
colonising our roads.
A sign of an ancient
Known as the
hedgerow, it would’ve ‘Bluebell of Scotland’
been a common sight
it can also be found
on byways of old.
across the UK.
Look out for it:
May-Sept.
Look out for it:
April-June
Look out for it:
May-Aug.
Look out for it:
April-May
Look out for it:
May-Aug.
Look out for it:
April-June
Knapweed
Lady’s Bedstraw
Orchids
Oxeye Daisy
Red Campion
Rosebay Willowherb Tufted Vetch
Galium verum
Dactylorhiza fuchsia
Leucanthemum vulgare
Silene dioica
Very popular with
pollinators, the
Marbled White
Butterfly especially.
Springy & pleasant
smelling it was once
used to stuff pillows
& mattresses.
If you’re lucky you
might spot Britain’s
commonest orchid the Common-spotted!
Once known as the
Moon Daisy, it often
blooms around the
Summer solstice.
Its flowers open in
day & close at night.
Look for the similar
White Campion too.
Look out for it:
June-Sept.
Look out for it:
July-Aug.
Look out for it:
June-July
Look out for it:
June-Aug.
Look out for it:
May-July
Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Centaurea nigra
Danish Scurvygrass Greater Stitchwort
Chamaenerion
angustifolium
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Look out for it:
July-Sept.
Vicia cracca
The County Flower of
London, it grew in
bombed areas in WWII.
A member of the Pea
family, with ladderlike blooms of purple
& blue.
Look out for it:
July- Sept
Look out for it:
June-Aug.
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