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British Wild Flowers beginning with O

 

You will find listed here, in alphabetical order by Common Name, all the British Wild Flowers species who's common name begins with "O" from our Flora and Fauna database. As there are a large number of species with similar names we have included the genus, species, phylum, family and kingdom to help you correctly select the one you are looking for. If we have images available the number of images is displayed in the right hand column and a link appears to those images under the species name.

All the wild flowers below are of the Kingdom Planate (Tracheobionta) and the Phylum Magnoliophyta.

This page only displays species that have common names, there is likely to be many more members of this species in the main database that are found either in or around the British Isles or somewhere within the United Kingdom that do not have common names they will however be marked native, introduced, etc. To access these return to Flora and Fauna Menu and use the World Wildlife sub-menu.

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Common Name Species Family Sub Order Order

Oak, Durmast - Sessile Oak

Quercus petraea

Fagaceae

Fagales

Oak, English - Pedunculate Oak

Quercus robur

Fagaceae

Fagales

Oak, Hybrid

Quercus x rosacea

Fagaceae

Fagales

Oat-grass, Downy Alpine or Downy,

Helictotrichon pubescens

Poaceae

Cyperales

Oat-grass. False or Tall

Arrhenatherum elatius

Poaceae

Cyperales

Oat-grass. Yellow,

Trisetum flavescens

Poaceae

Cyperales

Oat. Fragile,

Gaudinia fragilis

Poaceae

Cyperales

Orache. Babbington's or Scotland,

Atriplex glabriuscula

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orache. Common, spear saltbush

Atriplex patula

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orache. Early,

Atriplex praecox

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orache. Frosted,

Atriplex laciniata

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orache. Garden,

Atriplex hortensis

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orache. Grass-leaved,

Atriplex littoralis

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orache. Long-stalked,

Atriplex longipes

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orache. Spear-leaved or Triangle,

Atriplex prostrata

Chenopodiaceae

Caryophyllales

Orchid. Bee,

Ophrys apifera

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Bee, Bee Orphrys

Lycaste barringtoniae  Image Icon x 1

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Bird's-nest,

Neottia nidus-avis

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Bog,

Hammarbya paludosa

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Burnt,

Orchis ustulata

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Common Spotted,

Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Coralroot,

Corallorhiza trifida

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Dense-flowered.

Neotinea maculata

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Early Marsh, spotted orchid

Dactylorhiza incarnata

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Early Spider,

Ophrys sphegodes

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Early-purple,

Orchis mascula

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Fly,

Ophrys insectifera

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Fragrant, fragrant orchid

Gymnadenia conopsea

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Frog, longbract frog orchid

Coeloglossum viride

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Ghost,

Epipogium aphyllum

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Greater Butterfly,

Platanthera chlorantha

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Green-winged,

Orchis morio

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Heath-spotted, heath spotted orchid

Dactylorhiza maculata

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Hebridean Marsh,

Dactylorhiza ebudensis

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Hybrid Marsh,

Dactylorhiza X wintoni

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Lady's-slipper,

Cypripedium calceolus

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Lady,

Orchis purpurea

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Late Spider,

Ophrys fuciflora

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Leopard or Southern Marsh,

Dactylorhiza praetermissa

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Lesser Butterfly, Butterfly Orchid, Butterfly Orchis

Platanthera bifolia  Image Icon x 1

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Lizard,

Himantoglossum hircinum

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Loose-flowered,

Orchis laxiflora

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Man,

Aceras anthropophorum

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Marsh Fragrant,

Gymnadenia densiflora

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Military,

Orchis militaris

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Monkey,

Orchis simia

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Musk,

Herminium monorchis

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Narrow-leaved Marsh ,

Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Narrow-leaved Marsh,

Dactylorhiza traunsteineri

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Northern Marsh,

Dactylorhiza purpurella

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Pyramidal,

Anacamptis pyramidalis

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Small-flowered Tongue,

Serapias parviflora

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orchid. Western Marsh,

Dactylorhiza occidentalis

Orchidaceae

Orchidales

Orpine

Sedum telephinum

Crassulaceae

Rosales

Orpine

Sedum telephium

Crassulaceae

Rosales

Oxlip

Primula elatior

Primulaceae

Primulales

Oxlip. False,

Primula veris ssp. x vulgaris

Primulaceae

Primulales

Oxlip. False,

Primula vulgaris x veris

Primulaceae

Primulales

Oxtongue, Hawkweed, hawkweed oxtongue

Picris hieracioides

Asteraceae

Asterales

Oxtongue. Bristly, Hawkweed, Ox-tongue, bristly oxtongue

Picris echioides

Asteraceae

Asterales

Oxtongue. Broomrape,

Orobanche picridis

Orobanchaceae

Scrophulariales

Oxytropis. Purple,

Oxytropis halleri

Fabaceae

Fabales

Oxytropis. Yellow, white smallflower pointloco

Oxytropis campestris

Fabaceae

Fabales

Oysterplant, oysterleaf

Mertensia maritima

Boraginaceae

Lamiales

 

 

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