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

Vaccinium oxycoccos Cranberry
Rather local in bogs, e.g. Lockshaw Moss.
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry
Uncommon, usually upland; Lomonds, Ochils and Cleish Hills.
Vaccinium myrtillus Blaeberry
Common on heathy ground, sometimes in open woods.
Pyrola minor Common Wintergreen
Local in woods, sometimes abundant, as at Lochore Meadows.
(Pyrola media Intermediate
Wintergreen)
Extinct (1862).
(Pyrola rotundifolia Round-leaved
Wintergreen)
Extinct (1872).
[Orthilia secunda Serrated Wintergreen]
Recorded from “Kinross-shire” in 1837 but this may have been a mistake.
Monotropa hypopitys Yellow Birdsnest
Very rare on Tentsmuir; the ssp. is probably hypothegea (see Stace p.294).
PRIMULACEAE
Primula vulgaris Primrose
Common in woods, dens and on shady banks.
Primula veris x vulgaris (P. x polyantha) False Oxlip
Occasionally spontaneous with its parents; cultivated varieties occur as relics or
cast-outs.
Primula veris Cowslip
Locally common, especially near the sea; not seen in Kinross. In 2003 , appeared in
quantity on a few old coups which had been landscape.
Lysimachia nemorum Yellow Pimpernel
Widespread but local in woodland, e.g. Maspie Den (Falkland).
Lysimachia nummularia Creeping Jenny
A very infrequent escape or throw-out.
Lysimachia vulgaris Yellow Loosestrife
Very local, probably an escape; most records may in fact relate to the next.