Trifolium fragiferum 草莓車軸草

Common name: Strawberry Clover
Scientific name: Trifolium fragiferum 草莓車軸草
Genus: Trifolium 三葉草屬
Family: Fabaceae 豆科, legume, pea or bean family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native

Date: 16th July

115 A creeping, stoloniferous, more or less glabrous perennial, can reach up to 30 cm, rooting at nodes.

107 Stem.

108 Leaflets 10-15mm, unmarked, lateral veins thickened, recurved at margin.

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112 Flowers 5-7mm

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114 Calyx inflated and pubescent in fruit.

Lathyrus latifolius 寬葉山黧豆

Common name: Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea
Scientific name: Lathyrus latifolius 寬葉山黧豆
Genus: Lathyrus 山黧豆屬、香豌豆屬
Family: Fabaceae 豆科, legume, pea or bean family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Neophyte (established after 1500 AD). It as European Southern-temperate speceis. Is has been a garden plant since at lest the 16th century and was first recorded in the wild in 1670.

Date: 21st June & 16th July

576 A vigorous, scrambling perennial, can reach up to 3m.

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582 Stems broadly winged.

 Stipules are more than half as wide as stem.

579 Tendrils branched.

580 1 pair of broad leaflets.

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578 Flower buds.

424 Flower buds of albino form. (Taken on 16th July at another location)

380 5-15 flowered inflorescence. (Taken on 16th July at another location)

584 Lowest calyx tooth is as long as or longer than the calyx tube.

575 Flower 20-30mm, brightly pink coloured.

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391 Pods. (Taken on 16th July at another location)

390 Pod 5- 11cm. (Taken on 16th July at another location)

Silene coronaria 毛剪秋羅、醉仙翁、毛縷

Common name: Rose Campion
Scientific name: Silene coronaria 毛剪秋羅、醉仙翁、毛縷
Genus: Silene 蠅子草屬
Family: Caryophyllaceae 石竹科, pink or carnation family

Remarks*:

Origin: Neophyte (established after 1500 AD). It is a native of southern and especially south-eastern Europe, and south-western Asia. It was in cultivation by 1596 and was descirbed as "an escape in a few places in Britain in 1905.

Date: 16th July

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Saponaria officinalis 肥皂草、石碱草、石碱花、石礆草、香桂、香桃、草桂

Common name: Soapwort
Scientific name: Saponaria officinalis 肥皂草、石碱草、石碱花、石礆草、香桂、香桃、草桂
Genus: Saponaria 肥皂草屬
Family: Caryophyllaceae 石竹科, pink or carnation family

Remarks*:

Origin: Archaeophyte (established before 1500 AD.) It has a European Temperate distribution.

Date: 16th Sept

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012 An erect, stoloniferous, glabrous perennial, can reach up to 90cm.

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020 Glabrous stem.

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017 Sepals joined at base; calyx tube glabrous; 18-20mm, reddish.

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014 Flowers 2.5cm in diameter; 2 styles.