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

[Oxyria digyna Mountain Sorrel]
Error.
PLUMBAGINACEAE TO CISTACEAE
[Limonium vulgare Sea Lavender]
Reported from Limekilns 1956, almost certainly in error (and see Casuals list).
Armeria maritima Thrift
Common on rocks and grassy places by shore.
Paeonia officinalis Garden Paeony
A rare relic or throw-out.
Hypericum calycinum Rose of Sharon
Formerly planted here and there; most shrubs now in amenity, etc. areas are H. x
inodorum/H. ‘Hidcote’.
Hypericum androsaemum Tutsan
Occasionally naturalised or a relic.
Hypericum perforatum Common St John’s-wort
Common, often by railways.
Hypericum x desetangsii Des Etangs St John’swort
Most recently found colonies appear to be this hybrid rather than the next species,
including in the Leslie/Glenrothes area and by the River Devon.
Hypericum maculatum Imperforate St John’swort
There a few older records; more recent reports may refer to the last, q.v.
Hypericum tetrapterum Square-stalked St
John’s-wort
Local in damp ground.
Hypericum humifusum Trailing St John’s-wort
Widespread but very local, normally only a few plants.
Hypericum pulchrum Slender St John’s-wort
Fairly frequent on heathy banks and wooded edges.
Hypericum hirsutum Hairy St John’s-wort
Common, often in wooded parts; rare in Kinross.
Hypericum montanum Pale St John’s-wort
Very rare; near Kirkcaldy, known since 1969 (the sole Scottish station); in 2001