Wild Flowers
(Names and information of the flowers according to FLORA HELVETICA)
Most of the photos were taken in Switzerland, the rest on several trips to Central and South Europe.
If you suspect an erroneous identification: report.
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Summer Adonis / Adonis aestivalis  10-50 cm / May-Jul | Corncockle / Agrostemma githago  30-90 cm / Jun-Aug | Hollyhock / Alcea rosea  100-250 cm / Jun-Oct | Keeled Garlic / Allium carinatum  30-80 cm / Jul-Aug |
Deadly Nightshade / Atropa belladonna  50-150 cm / Jun-Aug | Butterfly-bush / Buddleja davidii  50-300 cm / Jul-Aug | Pot Marigold / Calendula officinalis  15-30 cm / Jun-Sep | Ling, Heather / Calluna vulgaris  10-50 cm / Aug-Oct |
Coral Root / Cardamine bulbifera  30-60 cm / Apr-May | Bittercress / Cardamine pentaphyllos  30-50 cm / Apr-May | Brown Knapweed / Centaurea jacea  10-60 cm / Jun-Sep | Greater Knapweed / Centaurea scabiosa  30-120 cm / Jun-Aug |
Common Centaury / Centaurium erythraea  10-40 cm / Jul-Sep | Lesser Centaury / Centaurium pulchellum  5-15 cm / Jun-Oct | Cirsum Thistle / Cirsium arvense  50-150 cm / Jul-Sep | Cirsium personata  50-150 cm / Jun-Aug |
Spear Thistle / Cirsium vulgare  50-200 cm / Jul-Sep | Convolvulus cantabrica  20-50 cm / Jun-Oct | Hollow-root / Corydalis cava  15-30 cm / Mar-Apr | Bird-in-a-bush / Corydalis solida  10-20 cm / Mar-May |
Early Marsh-orchid / Dactylorhiza incarnata  20-60 cm / May-Jun | Mezereon / Daphne mezereum  25-120 cm / Feb-Apr | Fuller's Teasel / Dipsacus fullonum  100-200 cm / Jul-Aug | Chickweed Willowherb / Epilobium alsinifolium  10-30 cm / Jul-Aug |
Rosebay Willowherb / Epilobium augustifolium  50-150 cm / Jun-Aug | Great Willowherb, Codlins and Cream / Epilobium hirsutum  50-120 cm / Jun-Sep | Broad-leaved Willowherb / Epilobium montanum  10-100 cm / Jun-Aug | Hoary Willowherb / Epilobium parviflorum  20-60 cm / Jul-Sep |
Winter-flowering Heath / Erica carnea  5-30 cm / Mar-Jun | Blue Fleabane / Erigeron acer  10-60 cm / Jun-Sep | Long-beaked Heron's-bill / Erodium ciconium  10-70 cm / Apr-Aug | Downy Hemp-nettle / Galeopsis pubescens  10-60 cm / Jul-Sep |
Common Hemp-nettle / Galeopsis tetrahit  20-100 cm / Jun-Sep | Long-stalket Crane's-bill / Geranium columbinum  15-40 cm / Jun-Sep | Hedgerow Crane's-bill / Geranium pyrenaicum  20-60 cm / May-Aug | Herb-Robert / Geranium robertianum  10-50 cm / May-Oct |
Round-leaved Crane's-bill / Geranium rotundifolium  10-30 cm / May-Oct | Bloody Crane's-bill / Geranium sanguineum  30-50 cm / May-Aug | Wood Crane's-bill / Geranium sylvaticum  30-60 cm / Jun-Jul | Water Avens / Geum rivale  30-60 cm / Apr-Jul |
Wild Gladiolus / Gladiolus illyricus  25-60 cm / May-Jun | Gladiolus palustris (Foto: Josef Schildknecht)  30-50 cm / Jun-Jul | Fragrant Orchid / Gymnadenia conopsea  20-50 cm / May-Jun | Helleborus orientalis  20-60 cm / Feb-Apr |
Dame's Violet, Sweet Rocket / Hesperis matronalis  40-80 cm / May-Jun | Fox-and-cubs / Hieracium aurantiacum  30-80 cm / Jun-Aug | Homogyne sylvestris  8-15 cm / May-Jun | Indian Balsam, Himalayan Touch-me-not / Impatiens glandulifera  50-200 cm / Jul-Sep |
Spotted Dead-Nettle / Lamium maculatum  20-50 cm / Apr-Sep | Purple Dead-Nettle / Lamium purpureum  10-25 cm / Jan-Dec | European Larch / Larix decidua  1000-5000 cm / May-Jun | Lathyrus heterophyllus  100-200 cm / Jul-Aug |
Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea / Lathyrus latifolius  100-200 cm / Jun-Aug | Tuberous Pea / Lathyrus tuberosus  30-90 cm / Jun-Jul | Spring Pea / Lathyrus vernus  20-30 cm / Apr-May | Honesty / Lunaria annua  30-120 cm / Apr-May |
Purple Loosestrife / Lythrum salicaria  30-120 cm / Jul-Aug | Hollyhock Mallow / Malva alcea  50-100 cm / Jul-Sep | Dwarf Mallow / Malva neglecta  5-10 cm / Jun-Sep | Common Mallow, Cheese Flower / Malva sylvestris  30-120 cm / Jun-Sep |
Field Cow-wheat / Melampyrum arvense  15-40 cm / Jun-Aug | Nymphaea-Hybrid  5-5 cm / Jun-Aug | Early Purple Orchid / Orchis mascula  10-40 cm / Apr-Jun | Green-winget Orchid / Orchis morio  10-30 cm / Apr-Jun |
Lady Orchid / Orchis purpurea  30-60 cm / May-May | Wild Majoran / Origanum vulgare  20-60 cm / Jul-Sep | Yellow-juiced Poppy / Papaver dubium ssp. lecoquii  30-80 cm / May-Jul | Common Poppy / Papaver rhoeas  30-70 cm / May-Sep |
Petasites hybridus  20-100 cm / Mar-Apr | Redshank / Polygonum persicaria  20-80 cm / Jul-Oct | Purple Rattlenake-root / Prenanthes purpurea  40-150 cm / Jul-Sep | Peach, Nectarine / Prunus persica  100-800 cm / Mar-Apr |
Sweet-briar / Rosa rubiginosa  50-300 cm / Jun-Jul | Caucasian Stonecrop / Sedum spurium  10-20 cm / Jun-Jul | Saw-wort / Serratula tinctoria ssp. tinctoria  30-100 cm / Jul-Sep | Red Campion / Silene dioica  4-9 cm / - |
Ragged-Robin / Silene flos-cuculi  30-90 cm / May-Aug | Silene viscaria  30-60 cm / May-Jul | Betony, Wood Betony / Stachys officinalis  20-70 cm / Jul-Sep | Hedge Woundwort / Stachys sylvatica  30-100 cm / Jun-Sep |
Wall Gamander / Teuricum chamaedrys  10-25 cm / Jun-Aug | Thymus longicaulis  20-100 cm / May-Jul | Thymus polytrichus  30-10 cm / Jun-Sep | Salsify / Tragopogon porrifolius  50-120 cm / May-Jun |
Zig-zag Clover / Trifolium medium  15-45 cm / May-Jul | Red Clover / Trifolium pratense  15-40 cm / May-Oct | Long-spiked Trefoil / Trifolium rubens  20-60 cm / Jun-Jul | Vicia sativa ssp. nigra  10-90 cm / May-Oct |