Location: South-Eastern France, Pre-Alps
I decided to try to identify a hundred flowers of herbaceous plants so my list doesn’t include any trees. But if I can’t make a hundred I might include them later. The flowers Antonia can identify reliably are in bold. Names in brackets are French names, or our family’s pet names for flowers. At the moment, only a few are there if I don’t know the English name reliably enough.
- Primrose
- Cowslip
- Snowdrop
- Violet
- Daffodil
- Narcissus
- Daisy
- Dandelion
- Speedwell
- Forget-me-not
- Bladder Campion
- Foxglove
- Heather
- Pink
- Wild Pansy
- Euphorbia
- Lily of the Valley
- Wild Garlic
- Harebell
- Buttercup
- Scabious
- Coltsfoot
- Lungwort
- Stinking Hellebore
- Wild Geranium, Herb Robert
- Autumn Crocus
- Blue Gentian
- Yellow Gentian
- Martagon Lily
- Bee Orchid
- Poppy
- Cornflower
- Prunella – Self-Heal
- Greater Knapweed
- Thistle
- Yellow Deadnettle
- Other Deadnettles
- Crown Vetch
- Other Vetches
- Periwinkle
- Bindweed
- Wild Rose
- Arum, Lords and Ladies, Cuckoo Pint
- Aquilegia, Wild Columbine
- Clover
- Cow Parsley
- Celandine
- Wild Strawberry
- Wood Anemone
- Rosebay Willow Herb
- Red Campion
- Monotropa Hypopitys, Dutchman’s Pipe
- Nigella
- Globe Flower (Trolle d’Europe)
- Solomon’s Seal
- Salad Burnet (Pimprenelle)
- Great Masterwort (Grand Astrance)
- Globularia (Blue Pompoms is our family’s name for them)
- Honeysuckle
- Waterlily
- Marguerite, Dog Daisy
- Grape Hyacinth
- Paris Quadrifolia
- Wild Thyme
- Melampyrum nemorosum, Cow Wheat? (Melampyre des Bois)
- Crocus
- Wood Sorrel (Oxalis)
- Eyebright, Euphrasia
- Yarrow (Achillee Millefeuille)
- Chicory
- Queen Anne’s Lace
- Wild Angelica (Angelica Sylvestris)
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