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

Geranium robertianum Herb Robert
Very common in all sorts of places.
Geranium phaeum Dusky Cranesbill
Rarely semi-naturalised in estates, e.g. Birkhill.
[Erodium moschatum Musk Storksbill]
Collected in 1885 at Fife Ness, but identity unable to be confirmed.
[Erodium maritimum Sea Storksbill]
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Erodium cicutarium Common Storksbill
A variable weed of lighter soils and the seaside, especially in NE Fife; scarcer
elsewhere, uncommon in the west and very rare in Kinross.
Impatiens parviflora Small Balsam
A rare weed, persisting at St Andrews.
Impatiens glandulifera Indian Balsam
Locally abundant by running water and, as seedlings, in damp woods.
Hedera helix Common Ivy
Ssp. helix is much too common in woodland and on banks and walls; a pest in some
parts, e.g. the railway bank between Aberdour and Starleyburn.
Hedera ‘Hibernica’ Irish Ivy
A large-leaved cultivar in a few old estates, e.g. Valleyfield.
APIACEAE
Hydrocotyle vulgaris Marsh Pennywort
Locally common in a variety of damp ground.
Sanicula europaea Sanicle
Widespread and frequent in some, but by no means all, woods.
(Eryngium maritimum Sea Holly)
Formerly on the Fife islands and Forth coast, particularly in the Largo area 1684-
1875; very occasional stray plants reported since, but effectively extinct.
Chaerophyllum temulum Rough Chervil
Locally frequent in hedgerows; widespread but absent from some parts, including
most of Kinross.