Santon Downham » Plant Survey

By Nicholas Gibbons, Conservation Officer for Forestry Commission and Breckland Officer for English Nature

Latin Names Translated Into English By Veronica Moran

Page numbers quoted relate to The Guide to the Wild Flowers Of Britain - Readers Digest

English Names	*Latin Names*	Page
Annual Meadow Grass	Poa Annua	420
Bird's Foot	Ornithopus Perpusillus	121
Bird's Foot Trefoil	Lotus Corniculatus	119
Black Medick	Medicago Lupulina	112
Broad Leafed Dock	Rumex Obtusifolius	208
Buttercup	Ranunculus Acris	21
Cats Eyes	Hypochoeris Radicata	366
Cock's Foot	Doctylis Glomerata	421
Common Ragwort	Senecio Jacobaeo	326
Common Vetch	Vicia Sativa	129
Crested Dog's Tail	Cynosurus Cristatus	422
Daisy	Bellis Perennis	330
Dandelion	Taraxacum Officinale	368
False Oat Grass	Arrhenatherum Elatius	426
Field Wood-Rush	Luzula Campestris	387
Foxglive	Digitalis Purpurrea	267
Germander Speedwell	Veronica Chamaedrys	270
Gloucous Sedge	Carex Flacca	414
Greater Stitchwort	Stellaria Holostea	79
Ground Ivy	Glechoma Hederacea	300
Hare's Foot Clover	Trifolium Arvens	117
Hedge Mustard	Sisymbrium Officianale	44
Hemlock	Conium Maculatum	180
Lady's Bedstraw	Galium Verum	313
Lesser Stitchwort	Stellaria Graminea	79
Lesser Yellow Trefoil	Trifolium Dubium	114
Perennial Rye Grass	Lolium Perenne	416
Red Clover	Trifolium Pratense	116
Ribwort	Plantago Lanceolata	306
Rough Chervil	Chaerophyllum Temulentum	173
Shepherd's Purse	Capsella Bursa Pastoris	54
Smooth Hawks Beard	Crepis Capillaris	365
Stinging Nettle	Urtica Dioica	271
Sweet Vernal Grass	Anthoxanthum Odoratum	431
THYME LEAFED SANDWORT	Montia Perfoliata	330
Toad Flax	Linaria Vulgaris	262
Tufted Vetch	Vicia Cracca	128
Upright Brome	Bromus Erectus	425
Wall Speedwell	Veronica Arvensis	271
White Clover	Trifolium Repens	115
Yarrow	Archillea Millefolium	83