wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

Sagina nodosa Knotted Pearlwort
Widespread but rather local.
Sagina subulata Heath Pearlwort
Infrequent, less so in NE Fife, including Balmullo area.
Sagina procumbens Procumbent Pearlwort
Very common in all sorts of places.
Sagina apetala ssp. apetala Annual Pearlwort
Common on bare ground, in paving cracks, etc.; and see next.
Sagina apetala ssp. erecta Fringed Pearlwort
As last, often difficult to tell apart.
Sagina maritima Sea Pearlwort
Local by sea, absent from some stretches of coast.
Scleranthus annuus Annual Knawel
Rather local on bare sandy ground.
Spergula arvensis Corn Spurrey
A common arable weed.
[Spergularia rupicola Rock Sea Spurrey]
Reported from time to time, in error.
Spergularia media Greater Sea Spurrey
Local in salt marshes and rocky spots near the sea.
Spergularia marina Lesser Sea Spurrey
As last; also, from mid-1990s, increasingly found by inland roadsides, including
Kinross.
Spergularia rubra Sand Spurrey
Widespread but local on light soils.
Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged Robin
Common in marshes.
Lychnis viscaria Sticky Catchfly
Very rare in remaining sites, in very small quantity.
(Agrostemma githago Corncockle)
A former common arable weed, now a rare casual (1964).