WILD FLOWERS
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The wild flower survey of Sulgrave was carried out in three main areas - the disused railway track, the bridlepath from the foot of Weston Road, and the fields and verges within the triangle formed by the railway track, the Weston Road and the bridlepath - see here.

Any wild flowers found elsewhere in the parish are included in the listings, but there were no varieties reported that did not also feature in the main survey area.

Sulgrave has no wild flowers of particular rarity or importance, but three types of orchid grow within the parish.

Many species found elsewhere in the county are missing in Sulgrave. This is due to the lack of marshland and riverbanks, and ancient woodland or other mature wooded areas, all of which would feature different varieties common to those habitats.

The main verges and fields throughout the parish have suffered from the use of chemicals over the years, as is true in most parishes in England. However it is noticeable and encouraging to see the return of the native wild flowers to those areas that have been untreated for the past few years, for example fields used for 'set-aside' or around the edges of fields where the sprays have not reached.

The disused railway track is the richest area for wild flowers, with 75% of the reported species found there.

It is to be hoped that the Pocket Park will be a future rich source of wild flowers due to the managed introduction of many wild species for naturalisation.

LIST OF WILD FLOWERS IN SULGRAVE

Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)
Alkanet (Anchusa officinalis)
Barren strawberry (Potentilla sterilis)
Beaked hawk's beard (Crepis vesicaria)
Birdsfoot trefoil, bacon and eggs (Lotus corniculatus)
Bittersweet, woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
Black horehound (Ballota nigra)
Black medick (Medicago lupulina)
Black bryony (Tamus communis)

Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris)
Bramble, blackberry (Rubus fructicosus)
Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtosifolius)
Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Bugle (Ajuga repans)
Burdock (Arctium minus)
Bush vetch, crow-peas (Vicia sepium)
Butterbur (Petasites hybridus)
Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Cats ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
Charlock (Sinapis arvensis)
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Common dog violet (Viola riviniana)
Common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Common forget me not (Myosotis arvensis)
Common mallow (Malva sylvestris)
Common St Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
Common vetch (Vicia sativa)
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Creeping speedwell (Veronica filiformis)
Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Cuckoo pint, lords and ladies (Arum masculatum)
Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Deadly nightshade (Atropa bella-donna)
Devils bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis)
Dog rose (Rosa canina)
Dogs mercury (Mercurialis perennis)
Dusky cranesbill (Geranium phaeum)
Early marsh orchid, meadow orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata)
Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula)
Everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius)
Enchanters nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
Fat hen (Chenopodium album)
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Field poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
Field scabious, gypsy rose (Knautia arvensis)
Field woundwort (Stachys arvensis)
Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)

Fools parsley (Aethusa cynapium)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Great plantain, ratstail (Plantago major)
Great willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum)
Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
Goats beard, jack-go-go-bed-at-noon (Tragopogon pratensis)
Goosegrass, cleavers, Hariff (local name) (Galium aparine)
Gorse, furze (Ulex europaeus)
Greater knapweed (Centauria scabiosa)
Greater stitchwort, adders meat (Stellaria holostea)
Ground elder, goutweed, bishopweed (Aegopodium podagraria)
Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)
Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)
Hairy rock cress (Arabis hirsuta)
Hardhead, lesser knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Hawkweed (Hieraceum brittanicum)

Heartsease, wild pansy (Viola tricolor)
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Hedge bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
Hedge bindweed, bellbine (Calystegia sepium)
Hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)
Hedge parsley (Torilis japonica)
Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
Herb bennet, wood avens (Geum urbanum)
Herb robert (Geranium robertianan)
Hogweed, cow parsley (Heracleum sphondylium)
Honesty (Lunaria annua)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Hop (Humulus lupulus)
Hop trefoil (Trifolium campestre)
Ivy leaved speedwell (Veronica hederifolia)
Jack by the hedge, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
King cup, marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
Lady's smock, cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis)
Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
Lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor)
Lesser skullcap (Scutellaria minor)
Lesser stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula vimaria)
Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Ox eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Oxford ragwort (Senecio squalidus)
Perennial wall rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
Petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
Pignut (Conopodium majus)
Pineapple mayweed (Chamomilla suaveolens)
Prickly swothistle (Sonchus asper)
Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
Purple milk vetch (Oxytropis halleri)
Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea)
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
Rape, cole (Brassica napus)
Red campion (Silene dioica)
Red clover (Trifolium pratense)
Red deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
Restharrow (Ononis repens)
Ribwort, ribgrass (Plantago lanceolata)
Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium)
Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
Scarlet pimpernel, shepherds weatherglass (Anagallis arvensis)
Scotch thistle, cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Sheeps sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
Shepherds purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
Small hairy willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum)
Smooth sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Spiny restharrow (Ononis spinosa)
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
Sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)
Sall rocket (Sisymbrium altissimum)
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Tower mustard (Arabis glabra)
Tufted vetch (Vicia cracca)
Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Wall rocekt (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
Wavy bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa)
White bryony, red bryony (Bryonia cretica)
White campion ( (Silene alba)
White clover (Trifolium repens)
White deadnettle (Lamium album)

Wild chamomile, scented mayweed (Chamomilla recutita)
Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
Yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium)
Yellow corydalis, yellow fumitory (Corydalis lutea)

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