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A selection of the Flowering Plants to be found in Northamptonshire
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| Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea Very common Habitat: Woodland and hedgerows Supported by surrounding plants as its thin stem cannot support itself  |
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| Red Campion Silene dioica Very common Habitat: Woodland and hedgerows  |
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| Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis Locally common Habitat: Woodland Naturaslised from gardens, flowers very early Delapre Abbey  |
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| Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Common Habitat: Grassy places  |
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| Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria Common Habitat: Woodland, hedgerows and grassy places  |
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| Sweet Violet Viola odorata Common Habitat: Woodland and hedgerows Flowers can be white or more rarely lilac, yellow or pink  |
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| Primrose Primula vulgaris Very common Habitat: Woodland Fermyn wood, Salcey Forest |
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| Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor Common Habitat: Woodland and hedgerows Flowers early in the year  |
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| Field Forgetmenot Myosotis arvensis Common Habitat: Disturbed shady ground  |
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| White Dead-nettle Lamium album Common Habitat: Disturbed hadgerows and wasteland |
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| Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Common Habitat: Damp grassy places River banks and gravel pits  |
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| Daisy Bellis perennis Very common Habitat: Short grassland  |
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| Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Common Habitat: Grassy places  |
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| Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Common Habitat: Bare ground and wasteland Flowers early in the year  |
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| Black Knapweed Centaurea nigra Common Habitat: Grassland Can be found flowering in November during mild years  |
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| Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Very common Habitat: Grassland and wasteground |
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| Bluebell Hyacinthoides nonscripta Locally common Habitat: Woodland Short Wood, Salcey Forest  |
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| Lords and Ladies Arum maculatum Common Habitat: Woodland and hedgerows  |
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| Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula Locally common Habitat: Woodland, hedgerows and grassland |
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| Pyramid Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis Locally uncommon Habitat: Chalk grassland Collyweston Delphs  |
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| Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Habitat: Grassy places and scrubland Embankments along disused railway lines are ideal |
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| Man Orchid Aceras anthropophorum Locally rare Habitat: Chalk grassland  |
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