Cruciata laevipes 平滑十字草

Common name: Crosswort
Scientific name: Cruciata laevipes 平滑十字草
Genus: Cruciata 十字草屬
Family: Rubiaceae 茜草科, coffee, madder or bedstraw family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Native in Britain. Neophyte (established after 1500 AD) in Ireland.

Date: 21st May

219 (24th May at another location) An erect, densely pubescent perennial, can reach up to 70 cm.

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288 Leaves pubescent, yellow-green, 10-20 mm, 4 per whorl, 3-veined.

20 Flowers in densely axillary clusters.

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29 Stem and margins of leaves with long spreading hairs.

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28 Flower corolla yellow, 4-lobed.

Saxifraga granulata 結節虎耳草、草甸虎耳草、串花虎耳草

Common name: Meadow Saxifrage
Scientific name: Saxifraga granulata 結節虎耳草、草甸虎耳草、串花虎耳草
Genus: Saxifraga 虎耳草屬
Family: Saxifragaceae 虎耳草科, saxifrage family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native 

Date: 21st May

291 An erect, pubescent, glandular perennial, can reach up to 50 cm.

294 Basal rosette leaves, blades 0.5-3 cm, with lobes long glandular and non-glandular hairs. Petiole much longer than blade.

49 Stem leaves.

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45 Flowering stem solitary, unbranched. Pedicels 5-20 mm.

55 Pedicel densely glandular.

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56 Glandular stem.

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53 Flowers white, petals 10-17 mm.

Arenaria serpyllifora 無心菜

Common name: Thyme-leaved Sandwort
Scientific name: Arenaria serpyllifora 無心菜
Genus: Arenaria 無心菜屬
Family: Family: Caryophyllaceae 石竹科, pink or carnation family

Remarks*: Arenaria serpyllifora 無心菜, thyme-leaved sandwort is similar to Arenaria leptoclados 細枝無心菜, slender sandwort. The identity of the photos below may need to be identified later. Their differences are as follows:
a/ sepals ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 mm; capsule flask-shaped, sides curved - Arenaria serpyllifora 無心菜
b/ sepals lanceolate, 2.5-3.1mm; capsule conical, more or less straight-sided - Arenaria leptoclados 細枝無心菜

Origin: native 

Date: 21st May

59 A slender, erect to ascending annual or biennial herb, can reach up to 25 cm.

60 Leaves hairy, to 6 mm.

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57 Flowers stamens 10, styles 3.

Galium sterneri

Common name: Limestone Bedstraw
Scientific name: Galium sterneri
Genus: Galium 拉拉藤屬, 豬殃殃屬
Family: Rubiaceae 茜草科, coffee, madder or bedstraw family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native

Date: 21st May

275 A prostrate, mat-forming perennial.

274 Stem smooth or slightly rough on angle. Leaves oblanceolate, 4-8 in a whorl. Inflorescence axillary.

276 Leaves prickles on the margins pointing backwards. (lower left leaf on the above photo)

277 Leaves 1-veined, mucronate.

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269 Flowers white, corolla lobes acute.

Convallaria majalis 鈴蘭、山谷百合、風鈴草、君影草

Common name: Lily-of-the-valley 
Scientific name: Convallaria majalis 鈴蘭、山谷百合、風鈴草、君影草
Genus: Convallaria 鈴蘭屬
Family: Asparagaceae 天門冬科*, asparagus family

Remarks*: It is previously belonged to the Liliaceae 百合科, the lily family.

Origin: native

Date: 24th May

102 A perennial, can reach up to 35 cm long. Leaves in pairs on long stalks, 5-20 x 3-7 cm.

108 Flowers nodding, 6-12 in a 1-sided raceme.

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Sherardia arvensis 雪亞迪草、田茜

Common name: Field Madder
Scientific name: Sherardia arvensis 雪亞迪草、田茜
Genus: Sherardia 雪亞迪草屬
Family: Rubiaceae 茜草科, coffee, madder or bedstraw family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native

Date: 21st May

91 A prostrate, glabrous annual, can reach up to 40 cm. Stems spreading.

93 Leaves 4-6 (including stipules) per whorl, margins with forward-pointing prickles.

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87 Flowers 3 mm across, in dense clusters with ring of 8-10 leaf-like bracts below; calyx of 4 distinct teeth, corolla 4-5 mm, mauve-lilac, funnel-shaped, tube about 2 times as long as lobes.

Saxifraga tridactylites

Common name: Rue-leaved Saxifrage
Scientific name: Saxifraga tridactylites
Genus: Saxifraga 虎耳草屬
Family: Saxifragaceae 虎耳草科, saxifrage family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native. 

Date: 21st May

0069 An erect, glandular-hairy, sparsely branched, often reddish annual, can reach up to 10cm.

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Paris quadrifolia 四葉重樓

Common name: Herb Paris
Scientific name: Paris quadrifolia 四葉重樓
Genus: Paris 重樓屬*
Family: Melanthiaceae 黑藥花科, bunchflower family*

Remarks*: It was previously placed in Liliaceae, lily family, while more recent taxonomists have placed them in Trilliaceae 延齡草科, trillium family. It is now become as a separate family, Melantheaceae, bunchflower family under the most authoritative modern APG III system.

Origin: native.

Date: 21st May

346 Found in deep shade in an ancient ash woodland.

345 A rhizomatous perennial with erect stems, can reach up to 40 cm.

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355 Baby plants with different stages of different numbers of leaves.

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361 Leaves broad, in whorls of 4 at top of stem, 6-12cm.

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352 Flower solitary, tepals green, outer 4 sepal-like, inner 4 linear; 8 stamens.