These ID discussion guides are roughly in the order of flowering through the season. (Note the Cumbrian focus – for some articles, but not all, all the UK representatives in the group occur in the county, and are covered.)
[Note: photos are ‘clickable‘ (opening with better resolution in a new page; use your browser’s ‘return to previous page’ controls to return to the article).]
Go to ⇢ Cumbrian Snowdrops
Go to ⇢ Some Cumbrian Crocuses
Go to ⇢ Some Cumbrian Chionodoxa and Scilla
Go to ⇢ Cumbrian cherries/plums ~ genus Prunus
Go to ⇢ Bluebells in Cumbria ~ genus Hyacinthoides
Go to ⇢ Cumbrian Viola: violets & pansies
Go to ⇢ Cumbrian Ribes ~ currants
Go to ⇢ Lesser Celandine (Ficaria) subspecies
Go to ⇢ Northern Hawk’s-beard, Crepis mollis ~ ID
Go to ⇢ Enchanter’s-nightshades ~ genus Circaea
Excellent articles on bluebells and cherries, Jeremy.
Thanks, Stuart – am just updating the Prunus article now!
No mention of the fact that Ribes alpinum is dioecious I have a male and female plant in our wood at Larch Cottage and the flowers look quit different.
Geoff.
Yes – deliberate, Geoff! I have seen bushes in two places which appear to have both stigma and anthers developed, although whether functioning is a different matter. But I think that the ‘larger features’ are perfectly adequate to ID alpinum without having to look that closely.
What a fantastic set of pages.
Thanks, Simon!
The Cherries page seems not to work?
Cheers,
Simon
Hi. Excellent site for identifying English Lake District flowers and plants. If I sent you photos which you could publishif you like, would you identify them for me?
Hi Howard – thanks for the offer, but no. I fear I am [much] too busy to offer to name plants for you in exchange for possibly using some of the plant images.
Some plant-ID apps are remarkably good at offering suggestions. Note I’m saying SUGGESTIONS – they don’t give you ‘the answer’. You must follow up to see if they might be right. That’s the only way to use the apps and learn from and with them. ‘Flora Incognita’ is (in my view) currently the best for UK plants. ‘PlantNet’ is another.
‘Cumbria Botany’ Facebook group is another possibility – although there is the expectation that you are seeking to learn the IDs of plants and have made some effort yourself to ID before posting. Cumbrian plants only there.