Dr M says: Did you try my summer botany quiz? If not check it out here and then come back for the answers. If you took the summer plant ID test read on for the answers!
Here are the thirty-six plants with their common names, see bottom of this post for the latin names arranged by family to check your full botanical answers!
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- Hogweed
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- Knotgrass
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- Agrimony
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- Creeping Thistle
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- Butterfly Bush (Buddeja)
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- Bloody Cranesbill
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- Bittersweet
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- Hemp Agrimony
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- Yarrow
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- Old Man’s Beard
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- Tall Melilot
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- Creeping Cinquefoil
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- Meadow Sweet
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- Common Mallow
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- Wild Carrot
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- Bristly Oxtongue
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- Bulrush (Reedmace)
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- Sticky Groundsel
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- Teasel
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- Ragwort
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- Greater Willowherb
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- Tufted Vetch
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- Field Sowthistle
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- Redshank
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- Selfheal
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- Small Balsam
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- Common Field Speedwell
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- Bird’s-foot Trefoil
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- Spear Thistle
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- Enchanter’s Nightshade
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- Black Knapweed
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- Field Bindweed
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- Cornflower
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- Bramble (Blackberry)
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- Spear-leaved Orache
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- Wild Parsnip
Check out Dr M’s patent botanical scoring system: 1 mark for correct family, 1 mark for correct genus, 1 mark for correct species plus a bonus mark if you got all those so four marks for a complete answer!
How did you do?
Keep your botanical eyes peeled out in the countryside for plants new or special to you and watch out here for Dr M’s next botanical bonanza – you know it makes sense!
Here are the species grouped by family:
| 35 | Amaranthaceae | Atriplex prostrata | Spear-leaved Orache |
| 1 | Apiaceae | Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed |
| 15 | Apiaceae | Daucus carota ssp. carota | Wild Carrot |
| 36 | Apiaceae | Pastinaca sativa | Wild Parsnip |
| 4 | Asteraceae | Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle |
| 8 | Asteraceae | Eupatorium cannabinum | Hemp Agrimony |
| 9 | Asteraceae | Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| 16 | Asteraceae | Helminthotheca echioides | Bristly Ox-tongue |
| 18 | Asteraceae | Senecio viscosus | Sticky Groundsel |
| 20 | Asteraceae | Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort |
| 23 | Asteraceae | Sonchus arvensis | Field Sowthistle |
| 29 | Asteraceae | Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle |
| 31 | Asteraceae | Centaurea nigra | Knapweed |
| 33 | Asteraceae | Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower |
| 26 | Balsaminaceae | Impatiens parviflora | Small Balsam |
| 32 | Convolvulaceae | Convolvulus arvensis | Field Bindweed |
| 19 | Dipsacaceae | Dipsacus fullonum | Teasel |
| 11 | Fabaceae | Melilotus altissimus | Tall Melilot |
| 22 | Fabaceae | Vicia cracca | Tufted Vetch |
| 28 | Fabaceae | Lotus corniculatus | Bird’s-foot Trefoil |
| 6 | Geraniaceae | Geranium sanguineum | Bloody Cranesbill |
| 25 | Lamiaceae | Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal |
| 14 | Malvaceae | Malva sylvestris | Common Mallow |
| 21 | Onagraceae | Epilobum hirsutum | Greater Willowherb |
| 30 | Onagraceae | Circaea lutetiana | Enchanter’s Nightshade |
| 2 | Polygonaceae | Polygonum aviculare | Knotweed |
| 24 | Polygonaceae | Persicaria maculosa | Redshank |
| 10 | Ranunculaceae | Clematis vitalba | Old Man’s Beard |
| 3 | Rosaceae | Agrimonia eupatoria | Agrimony |
| 12 | Rosaceae | Potentilla reptans | Creeping Cinquefoil |
| 13 | Rosaceae | Filipendula ulmaria | Meadow Sweet |
| 34 | Rosaceae | Rubus fruticosus agg. | Bramble |
| 5 | Scrophulariaceae | Buddleja davidii | Butterfly Bush |
| 7 | Solanaceae | Solanum dulcamara | Bittersweet |
| 17 | Typhaceae | Typha latifolia | Bulrush |
| 27 | Veronicaceae | Veronica persica | Common Field-speedwell |
July 20, 2015
