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

Heracleum mantegazzianum Giant Hogweed
Locally abundant by some burns, e.g. Lyne Burn outside Dunfermline; stray plants
are also found on waste ground, etc.
Heracleum sphondylium x mantegazzianum
Found twice, by Lyne Burn near Crossgates in 1979, and on waste ground at
Invertiel, Kirkcaldy in 2002.
Torilis japonica Upright Hedge Parsley
Common by waysides and in grassy places.
(Torilis nodosa Knotted Hedge Parsley)
Rarely recorded during 19th century; 1970s reports were in error.
Daucus carota Wild Carrot
Ssp. carota is rather local on a few sea braes, being absent from several shores; the
cultivated ssp. sativus is an odd relic or casual.
GENTIANACEAE TO HYDROPHYLLACEAE
Centaurium erythraea Common Centaury
Local, usually near the sea, chiefly between Kincardine - Methil.
Centaurium littorale Seaside Centaury
Very rare, Tentsmuir.
[Centaurium pulchellum Lesser Centaury]
Error for last.
Gentianella campestris Field Gentian
Rare; on Earlshall Moor and the Lomonds.
Gentianella amarella Autumn Gentian
Very rare on dunes: Dumbarnie Links and area.
Vinca minor Lesser Periwinkle
Locally naturalised, often carpeting woods.
Vinca major Greater Periwinkle
Rarely established here and there, as a relic or throw-out.
Lycium barbarum Duke of Argyll’s
Teaplant
Rare escape, long established, coastal; L. chinense may be involved.