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The Walk is rich in wild flowers, some of which are quite rare so please don’t pick them. In some cases they only grow in a single location. The flowers shown here are just a few of the 300 that have been recorded. Plants listed ‘WT’ can be found in our Wildlife Trail in Highgate where we carry out a regular survey. To view the flowers that you might see in the Trail, type ‘Wildlife Trail flower’ in the search box.
We hope to increase survey activity across other parts of the Parkland Walk soon. We welcome your observations and photographs to include in this catalogue and to contribute to our survey findings.
Bindweed, Convolvulaceae. With its beautiful white trumpet head this is one of those plants that […]
Birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. A member of the pea family. Its three yellow petal flowers appear […]
Bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara. Purple flowers with yellow stamens give way to bright red berries, […]
Bladder campion, Silene vulgaris. Bladder campion has large, bladder-shaped swellings behind its white, five-petalled flowers. […]
Blue aquilegia, Aquilegia vulgaris. Common names: Granny's Bonnet or Columbine. The genus name Aquilegia is […]
Bluebell, Hyacinthoides x massartiana. The hybrid bluebell shares characteristics with both the Spanish and native […]
Borage, Borago officinalis. Flowers are normally blue but some pink examples can be found. The […]
Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. Brambles are thorny plants of the genus Rubus, in the rose family […]
Bristly oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides. Flower is not unlike a dandelion but it's the upstanding bristly […]
Buddleja, Buddleja davidii. This extremely successful shrub (sometimes referred to as the butterfly bush) is […]
Canadian Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis. As its name suggests it is native to northeastern and north-central […]
Cinquefoil, Potentilla. Typical cinquefoil looks similar to wild strawberry but has dry inedible fruit. Flowers […]
Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara. Flowering as early as February, Coltsfoot has large Dandelion like flowers but […]
Common hogweed, Heraculeum sphondylium. This sturdy plant, which grows between 50 and 200 cm, is also […]
Common or yellow toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. A common plant of waste ground, grassland, roadside verges and […]
Cow parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris. Cow Parsley grows in sunny to semi-shaded locations in meadows and […]
Creeping bent, Agrostis stolonifera. As well as growing in woodlands, grasslands, meadows and wetlands, this grass […]
Creeping buttercup, Ranunculus repens. With a Latin name sounding somewhat like a Harry Potter spell, this […]
Creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense. Other names include Lettuce from hell thistle and Cursed thistle. It forms […]
Crocus, Crocus chrysanthus. Bears vivid bowl-shaped flowers. Its common name, "snow crocus", derives from its exceptionally […]