A PHOTO FLORA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Annuals, Bulbs and Perennials Gallery
Scientific Names A-Z

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Helianthemum apenninum - White Rock Rose     flower close-up     leaves     habitat
Limestone Grassland. East side South Fort, Berry Head, nr. Brixham, Devon.
15.09.04 (Public Location)

Helianthus annuus (Sunflower)  - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Helleborus foetidus - Stinking Hellebore     young plant    leaf
Limestone Scrub / Woodland. Berry Head, nr. Brixham, Devon.
15.09.04 (Public Location)

Helleborus argutifolius (Corsican Hellebore) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Helleborus orientalis (Lenten-rose) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Hemerocallis fulva (Orange Day-lily)  - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed)
See - Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed / Master-wort / Cow Parsnip     
flower close-up     leaf     scape     seed
Grass Embankment. Plympton, Plymouth. 05.07.04 (Public Location) SX 546 564

Heracleum sphondylium x mantegazzianum - Hybrid Hogweed   
flower close-up    leaf    seed (with hairs)    seed head (note sterility)
Between The Rock and Morwellham Quay, nr. Tavistock, Devon.
27.07.06 (Public Location)

Herniaria ciliolata - Fringed Rupturewort     flower close-up
Serpentine outcrops. Nr. Kynance Cove, West Lizard NNR, Kynance, Cornwall.
30.05.06 (Public Location)

Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Violet) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes     

Hieracium umbellatum ? - A Hawkweed    leaf     plant
Woodland Fringe. Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, 29.08.04 (Public Location)

Hieracium sp. (possibly H. murorum agg) - Few-leaved Hawkweed     leaf
Open Woodland. Plym Cycleway, Shaugh Prior Section. 24.08.04 (Public Location)

Hieracium agg.sp. ? - A Hawkweed (1)     leaf
Woodland. Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth.
08.07.04 (Public Location)

Hieracium agg. sp. ? - A Hawkweed (2)     flower side-view     leaf
Poor grassland. nr. Sainsbury's, Marsh Mills, Plymouth. 10.07.05 (Public Location)

Hieracium agg. sp. ? - A Hawkweed (3)     fl. close-up     fl. side-view     leaves
Poor grassland. Cycletrack, Embankment Rd., Plymouth, Devon.
04.08.05 (Public Location)

Hippocrepis comosa - Horseshoe Vetch     flower above     flowers side     leaf
Limestone grassland. Long Quarry, Babbacombe, Torbay, Devon.
04.06.05 (Public Location)

Hippuris vulgaris - Mare's Tail     colony
Pond. Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 26.06.05 (Public Location)

Hirschfeldia incana (Hoary Mustard) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Honckenya peploides - Sea Sandwort     
flowers     flower close-up     seed head     colony
Sandy Beach. Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 26.06.05 (Public Location)

Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish Bluebell) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Hyacinthoides non-scripta - Common Bluebell     flower close-up     leaves     drift
Woodland. Co-op Trail, Estover - Derriford, 15.05.04 (Public Location) SX 502 592

Hyacinthoides non-scripta - Common Bluebell (white)     flower close-up
Woodland. Plym Bridge (South) 16.05.04 (Public Location) SX 518 583

Hyacinthoides non-scripta - Common Bluebell (pink)
Path entrance. Bickleigh Cycleway, Bickleigh, Plymouth. Devon.
14.04.05 (Public Location)

Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica (Hybrid Bluebell)
See - Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Hyacinthus orientalis (Garden Hyacinth) - see Alien Weeds and Garden Escapes

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae - Frogbit     flower close-up     leaf     colony
Breney Common (CWT) Nature Reserve, nr. Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall.
21.08.06 (Public Location)

Hydrocotyle vulgaris - Pennywort / White-rot     flower close-up     capsules     leaf
Pond / Pond Marginal. Cadover Bridge, Dartmoor National Park, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 10.07.04 (Public Location) SX 556 646

Hyoscyamus niger - Henbane     flower close-up     capsule     leaf underside
On tipped soil. RHS Garden Rosemoor, Rosemoor, Great Torrington, North Devon. 06.09.05

Hypericum elodes - Marsh St. John's-wort     flower side-view     leaves     plants
Bog, River Bank, Pond Edge. Cadover Bridge, Dartmoor National Park, nr, Plymouth. 11.07.04 (Public Location) SX 559 646

Hypericum hirsutum - Hairy St. John's-wort     
fl. reverse     lf. upper     lf. under     stem
Orley Common, Ipplepen, Devon. 17.06.06 (Public Location)

Hypericum humifusum - Trailing St. John's-wort     
flower close-up     flower side-view     flower reverse     sepals     
leaf underside     leaf upperside     leaf glands     side-view plant
Near pool. Hollacombe Wood, Hollacombe, nr. Plymouth, Devon.
13.08.07 (Public Location)

Hypericum linariifolium - Toadflax-leaved St. John's-wort   
sepals   inflorescence   leaf   stem
Froward Point (NT), nr. Kingswear, Devon. 13.07.06 (Public Location)

Hypericum maculatum subsp. obtusiusculum - Imperforate St. John's-wort
fl. close-up     fl. reverse     buds and sepals     lf. glands     stem     plant side-view     plant above - Images taken out of region but plant occurs occasionally in West Cornwall

Hypericum montanum - Pale St. John's-wort     flower side-view     flower reverse     
leaves     leaf     lf. underside     lf. underside close-up    glands     round stem
Old railway embankment. Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon.
15.07.06 (Public Location) SX 506 540

Hypericum perforatum - Common / Perforate St. John's-wort   
flower close-up     sepals     2-ribbed stem     leaf upperside     leaf underside 
Road Verge. Forder Valley Junction 11.06.04 (Public Location) SX 510 573

Hypericum pulchrum - Beautiful / Slender St. John's-wort     
sepals     lvs. upper     lvs. under
Open woodland. Warleigh Point (DWT) Reserve. Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
28.06.05 (Public Location)

Hypericum tetrapterum - Square Stemmed St. John's Wort     
flower close-up     sepals     leaf upperside     leaf underside     leaf glands     stem
Chittleburn Hill Cycletrack, nr. Otter Nurseries, Briixton, Devon.
25.07.06 (Public Location)

Hypericum undulatum - Wavy St. John's-wort   
flower side-view     buds and sepals    leaves     leaf edge     leaf glands     stem
Woodland flush. Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth.
08.07.04 (Public Location) SX 448 609

Hypericum undulatum x tetrapterum - Wavy x Square-stemmed St. John's-wort ?     
flower close-up     flower reverse     leaves     leaf glands     winged stem     
Woodland flush. Warleigh Point (DWT) Reserve, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
22.07.07 (Public Location) SX 448 609

Hypericum x desetangsii (H. maculatum x perforatum) - Des Etangs' St John's-wort
flower    fl. reverse    fl. side-view    buds    leaf    lf. glands + 0 translucent glands   
stem    plant
North facing grassy hillside. Trecanna Nursery, Latchley, nr. St. Anne's Chapel,
Cornwall. 06.08.06 (Private Location) Identification by Dr. N.K.B. Robson.

For the native Hypericum androsaemum (Tutsan) - see Native Shrubs

For the following alien shrubby Hypericum  - see Alien Shrubs (A-M)
Hypericum calycinum - Rose of Sharon
Hypericum x inodorum (H. androsaemum x hircinum) - Tall Tutsan
Hypericum patulum - Goldencup St. John's-wort

Hypochaeris maculata - Spotted Cat's Ear     
plant     bud 1     bud 2     leaf rosette     habitat
Nr. Kynance Cove, West Lizard NNR, Kynance, Cornwall. 30.05.06 (Public Location)

Hypochoeris radicata - Common Cat's Ear     flower underside     leaf     leaf rosette
Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. 19.07.06 (Private Location)