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

Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed
Very common.
Cichorium intybus Chicory
Very occasionally established or planted as a crop, but mainly casual (1969).
Lapsana communis Nipplewort
Very common.
Hypochaeris radicata Catsear
Very common.
Hypochaeris glabra x radicata (H. x intermedia) Hybrid Catsear
Very rare on Tentsmuir; a few plants were seen in the late 1990s.
Hypochaeris glabra Smooth Catsear
Very rare on Tentsmuir; first seen in 1930s, refound in 1997.
Leontodon autumnalis Autumnal Hawkbit
Common; prominent by roadsides in late autumn.
Leontodon hispidus Rough Hawkbit
Possibly present in pastures during 19th century, but for many years merely casual (1998).
Leontodon saxatilis Lesser Hawkbit
Rare on sand dunes, probably now only on Dumbarnie Links.
Tragopogon pratensis Goatsbeard
Ssp. minor is frequent by tracks and on rough ground.
Sonchus arvensis Perennial Sow-thistle
Common by roads, shores and sometimes in damp spots; very local in Kinross.
Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sow-thistle
Very common; sometimes difficult to tell from the next.
Sonchus asper Prickly Sow-thistle
Common; see last species.
Lactuca virosa Greater Lettuce
Rare except in the Newburgh area, known there since before 1836.
Cicerbita macrophylla Common Blue Sow-thistle
Locally naturalised on waste ground and by roadsides.