Many wildflowers thrive in exposed and disturbed areas such as the sides of
our roads and highways often adding flashes of colour to our journeys.

Here's a selection of some that you may see as you drive around.

Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus pedunculatus		Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris
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Cooley’s Hedge Nettle, Stachys cooleyae		Heal-all, Prunella vulgaris
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Hedge Bindweed, Convolvulus sepium		Tansy Ragwort, Senecio jacobeae
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Red Clover Trifolium pratense		Orange Hawkweed, Hieracium aurantiacum
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Mayweed Chamomile, Anthemis cotula		Mayweed Chamomile, Anthemis cotula (leaf)
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Smooth Hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris		Oyster Plant, Tragopogon porrifolius
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Yellow Salsify, Tragopodium dubius		White Sweetclover, Melilotus alba
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Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus carota		American Vetch, Vicia americana
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Common Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale		Bull Thistle, Cirsium vulgare
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Dead Nettle, Lamium purpureum		Common Fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus
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Giant Vetch, Vicia gigantea		Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria
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Yellow Monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus		Perennial Pea, Lathyrus latifolius
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Purple Peavine, Lathyrus nevadensis		Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia
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Stinging Nettle, Urtica dioica		Yellow Rattle, Rhianthus minor
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Yarrow, Achillea millefolium		Pearly Everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea
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Spiny Sow-thistle, Sonchus asper		Common Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum
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Common Burdock, Arctium minus		Common Chicory, Cichorium intybus
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Sweet Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare		Common Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare
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Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
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