Latin Name

Common Name

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Habitat, distribution

Ajuga chamaepitys *

Ground Pine

Known for small scale abandoned chalk quarry working in North Kent.

Alisma graminea

Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain

Shallow water / eutrophic. Main site is artificial lake. Very rare.

Arabis glabra

Tower Mustard

Dry grassy, rocky and waste places. Decreasing in England only.

Arabis scabra

Bristol Rock-cress

Limestone rocks near Bristol. Very rare.

Arenaria norvegica anglica

English Sandwort

Bare limestone, Yorkshire. Very rare.

Carex humilis

Dwarf Sedge

Short turf in species rich limestone / chalk grassland. Very common.

Carex muricata ssp. muricata

Prickly Sedge

Very rare on steep dry limestone slopes.

Chamaemelum nobile

Wild Chamomile

Short grassy places on sandy soils. Central / southern England.

Dianthus armeria

Deptford Pink

Rare on gravel pits and banks and other open and disturbed places. Southern.

Filago gallica

Narrow-leaved Cudweed

Sandy and gravely ground. Introduced. Now extinct except Sark. (Formerly southern England ).

Filago lutescens

Red-tipped Cudweed

Bare sandy places. Very local and decreasing in south and east England.

Filago pyramidata *

Broad-leaved Cudweed

Rare on sandy soils in south England. Present in bottoms of worked out chalk pits.

Fumaria purpurea

Purple Ramping Furnitory

Rare in waste places and other artificial habitats. Scattered but western endemic.

Gentianella anglica

Early Gentian

Successfully colonised some small scale chalk and limestone quarries in Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire.

Gentiana verna

Spring Gentian

Stony grassy places on limestone. Northern England – very local.

Herniaria glabra

Glabrous Rupture-wort

Dry sandy places, very localised and decreasing. East Anglia.

Hypochaeris glabra

Smooth Cats-ear

Grassy / open ground on sandy soils. Decreasing.

Luronium natans

Floating Water-plantain

Acidic oligotrophic lakes, 2m of mud, sometimes mesotrophic. North west distribution.

Ophrys sphegodes

Early Spider Orchid

Grassland on spoil / heaps of chalk or limestone – including quarry debris. Local, southern.

Ophris militaris

Military Orchid

Chalk grassland / old chalk pit with invading trees and shrubs. Very rare (four sites in Buckinghamshire and Suffolk).

Orchis ustulata

Burnt-tip Orchid

Short grassland on chalk and limestone. Rare and local.

Pilularia globulifera

Pillwort

Silty or gravely mud by lakes, ponds, reservoirs. Submerged for at least part of year. On acid soil, including clay / gravel pits (especially new).

Polemonium caeruleum

Jacob’s Ladder

Very localised (Peak District, Yorkshire Dales) on limestone grassland, scree and rock ledges.

Potamogeton compressus

Grass-wrack Pondweed

Calcareous / mesotrophic water, often with rich associates. Recorded from a few flooded clay and gravel pits. Rare.

Silene gallica

Small-flowered Catchfly

Waste, open, cultivated places on sandy and gravely soil. Local and often casual.

Teucrium botrys

Cut-leaved Gernander

Chalky fields / open habitats in chalk grassland. Very rare. Southern.

Thlaspi perfoliatum *

Perfoliate Pennycress (Cotswold Pennycress)

Limestone spoil / bare stony limestone in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, casual elsewhere. Known from quarry sites.

Veronica spicata (ssp. hybrida)

Spiked Speedwell

Limestone rocks in few scattered localities.