Lancashire Key Species - Flowering Plants

Flowering plant species listed in the Lancashire Key Species review of 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from LERN.

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All 462

Wild Leek ¹
Allium ampeloprasum

field garlic ²
Allium oleraceum

Chives ³
Allium schoenoprasum

Sand Leek ⁴
Allium scorodoprasum

Round-headed Leek ⁵
Allium sphaerocephalon

pyramidal orchid ⁶
Anacamptis pyramidalis

Coeloglossum viride ⁷
Dactylorhiza viridis

European lily of the valley ⁸
Convallaria majalis

Autumn Crocus ⁹
Crocus nudiflorus

Lady's-slipper ¹⁰
Cypripedium calceolus

Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea ¹¹
Dactylorhiza incarnata coccinea

heath spotted orchid ¹²
Dactylorhiza maculata

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum ¹³
Dactylorhiza maculata ericetorum

Northern Marsh-orchid ¹⁴
Dactylorhiza purpurella

Dark-red Helleborine ¹⁵
Epipactis atrorubens

Dune Helleborine ¹⁴
Epipactis dunensis

Narrow-lipped Helleborine ¹⁶
Epipactis leptochila

Marsh Helleborine ¹⁷
Epipactis palustris

Green-flowered Helleborine ¹⁴
Epipactis phyllanthes

Wild Gladiolus ¹⁸
Gladiolus illyricus

Fragrant Orchid ¹⁵
Gymnadenia conopsea

Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora ¹⁹
Gymnadenia densiflora

bluebell ²⁰
Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Listera cordata ²¹
Neottia cordata

May Lily ²²
Maianthemum bifolium

Grape hyacinth ²³
Muscari neglectum

wild daffodil ²⁴
Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus ²⁵
Narcissus pseudonarcissus pseudonarcissus

bird's-nest orchid ²⁶
Neottia nidus-avis

Bee Orchid ²⁷
Ophrys apifera

Fly Orchid ²⁸
Ophrys insectifera

Orchis morio ²⁹
Anacamptis morio

Lesser butterfly-orchid ¹⁷
Platanthera bifolia

Greater butterfly-orchid ³⁰
Platanthera chlorantha

Solomon's-seal ³¹
Polygonatum multiflorum

Scented Solomon's-seal ³²
Polygonatum odoratum

Whorled Solomon's-seal ³³
Polygonatum verticillatum

Small-white Orchid ¹⁴
Pseudorchis albida

Autumn Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes spiralis

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Lancashire Key Species - Flowering Plants

Wild Leek 1 Allium ampeloprasum

field garlic 2 Allium oleraceum

Chives 3 Allium schoenoprasum

Sand Leek 4 Allium scorodoprasum

Round-headed Leek 5 Allium sphaerocephalon

pyramidal orchid 6 Anacamptis pyramidalis

Coeloglossum viride 7 Dactylorhiza viridis

European lily of the valley 8 Convallaria majalis

Autumn Crocus 9 Crocus nudiflorus

Lady's-slipper 10 Cypripedium calceolus

Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea 11 Dactylorhiza incarnata coccinea

heath spotted orchid 12 Dactylorhiza maculata

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum 13 Dactylorhiza maculata ericetorum

Northern Marsh-orchid 14 Dactylorhiza purpurella

Dark-red Helleborine 15 Epipactis atrorubens

Dune Helleborine 14 Epipactis dunensis

Narrow-lipped Helleborine 16 Epipactis leptochila

Marsh Helleborine 17 Epipactis palustris

Green-flowered Helleborine 14 Epipactis phyllanthes

Wild Gladiolus 18 Gladiolus illyricus

Fragrant Orchid 15 Gymnadenia conopsea

Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora 19 Gymnadenia densiflora

bluebell 20 Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Listera cordata 21 Neottia cordata

May Lily 22 Maianthemum bifolium

Grape hyacinth 23 Muscari neglectum

wild daffodil 24 Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus 25 Narcissus pseudonarcissus pseudonarcissus

bird's-nest orchid 26 Neottia nidus-avis

Bee Orchid 27 Ophrys apifera

Fly Orchid 28 Ophrys insectifera

Orchis morio 29 Anacamptis morio

Lesser butterfly-orchid 17 Platanthera bifolia

Greater butterfly-orchid 30 Platanthera chlorantha

Solomon's-seal 31 Polygonatum multiflorum

Scented Solomon's-seal 32 Polygonatum odoratum

Whorled Solomon's-seal 33 Polygonatum verticillatum

Small-white Orchid 14 Pseudorchis albida

Autumn Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes spiralis