| Family |
APIACEAE (umbellifers) |
41 |
487 |
79 |
58 |
17 |
| Family |
ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles) |
116 |
1150 |
471 |
54 |
33 |
| Family |
CAMPANULACEAE (bellflowers) |
11 |
76 |
27 |
|
6 |
| Family |
MENYANTHACEAE (bogbean and fringed water-lily) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Menyanthes trifoliata L. (Bogbean) |
|
23 |
14 |
10 |
|
| Species |
Nymphoides peltata Kuntze (Fringed Water-lily) |
|
7 |
|
|
2 |
| Family |
BORAGINACEAE (comfreys and forget-me-nots) |
24 |
199 |
92 |
14 |
1 |
| Family |
BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc) |
50 |
391 |
202 |
8 |
27 |
| Family |
RESEDACEAE (weld and mignonette) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Reseda (mignonettes) |
3 |
21 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
| Family |
TROPAEOLACEAE (garden nasturtiums) |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Order |
CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks) |
89 |
632 |
408 |
26 |
50 |
| Informal |
("Chenopodiaceae") (The Old Chenopodiaceae) |
16 |
125 |
22 |
|
5 |
| Family |
CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions) |
39 |
301 |
259 |
26 |
19 |
| Family |
DROSERACEAE (sundews) |
2 |
22 |
|
|
6 |
| Family |
PLUMBAGINACEAE (thrifts and sea lavenders) |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Armeria (thrifts) |
1 |
12 |
|
|
|
| Genus |
Limonium (sea lavenders) |
4 |
7 |
|
|
4 |
| Family |
POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses) |
23 |
119 |
105 |
|
11 |
| Family |
PORTULACACEAE (purslanes) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Portulaca oleracea L. (Common Purslane) |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| Family |
CERATOPHYLLACEAE (hornworts) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Family |
CUCURBITACEAE (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons) |
1 |
14 |
|
|
|
| Family |
ADOXACEAE (moschatel) |
1 |
12 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
| Species |
Linnaea borealis L. (Twinflower) |
|
13 |
|
|
1 |
| Genus |
Lonicera (honeysuckles) |
4 |
47 |
9 |
|
1 |
| Family |
DIPSACACEAE (scabiouses and teasels) |
4 |
65 |
28 |
9 |
2 |
| Family |
VALERIANACEAE (valerians and corn salads) |
5 |
81 |
25 |
20 |
2 |
| Family |
BALSAMINACEAE (balsams) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Impatiens (balsams) |
3 |
21 |
7 |
|
1 |
| Family |
DIAPENSIACEAE (diapensias) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Diapensia lapponica L. (Diapensia) |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Family |
POLEMONIACEAE (Jacob’s ladder and phloxes) |
1 |
17 |
|
|
|
| Family |
PRIMULACEAE (primroses, loosestrifes and pimpernels) |
18 |
272 |
67 |
28 |
12 |
| Family |
SARRACENIACEAE (pitcher plants) |
1 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
| Subfamily |
FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans) |
67 |
589 |
275 |
41 |
24 |
| Family |
POLYGALACEAE (milkworts) |
4 |
25 |
7 |
|
1 |
| Family |
APOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads) |
1 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
| Family |
GENTIANACEAE (gentians and felworts) |
12 |
72 |
33 |
21 |
10 |
| Family |
RUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws) |
12 |
121 |
42 |
|
3 |
| Family |
GERANIACEAE (geraniums and storksbills) |
14 |
111 |
83 |
1 |
5 |
| Family |
CALCEOLARIACEAE (slipperworts) |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Family |
CALLITRICHACEAE (water-starworts) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Callitriche L. (water-starworts) |
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
| Family |
HIPPURIDACEAE (mare's tails) |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Family |
LAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs) |
38 |
351 |
176 |
4 |
11 |
| Family |
LENTIBULARIACEAE (butterworts and bladderworts) |
4 |
63 |
3 |
15 |
4 |
| Family |
OROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes) |
18 |
137 |
29 |
8 |
12 |
| Family |
PLANTAGINACEAE (plantains) |
7 |
55 |
|
9 |
3 |
| Family |
SCROPHULARIACEAE (figworts) |
11 |
113 |
29 |
10 |
1 |
| Family |
VERBENACEAE (vervains) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Verbena (vervains) |
2 |
4 |
|
|
1 |
| Family |
ELATINACEAE (waterworts) |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
| Family |
EUPHORBIACEAE (spurges) |
12 |
143 |
25 |
5 |
5 |
| Genus |
Hypericum (St. John's worts) |
9 |
70 |
41 |
|
3 |
| Family |
LINACEAE (flaxes) |
4 |
65 |
9 |
|
|
| Family |
VIOLACEAE (violets, pansies) |
16 |
119 |
36 |
1 |
14 |
| Genus |
Helianthemum (rock-roses) |
3 |
21 |
|
|
12 |
| Family |
MALVACEAE (mallows & limes) |
6 |
46 |
59 |
5 |
2 |
| Family |
LYTHRACEAE (purple loosestrife and water purslane) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Lythrum (a genus of Lythraceae) |
3 |
15 |
16 |
|
2 |
| Family |
ONAGRACEAE (willowherbs and evening primroses) |
16 |
94 |
113 |
12 |
10 |
| Family |
OXALIDACEAE (sorrels) |
2 |
30 |
3 |
6 |
|
| Family |
PAPAVERACEAE (poppies and fumitories) |
15 |
186 |
61 |
|
7 |
| Subfamily |
FUMARIOIDEAE (fumitories) |
6 |
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Ceratocapnos claviculata (L.) Liden (Climbing Corydalis) |
|
6 |
|
|
|
| Genus |
Fumaria (fumitories) |
4 |
70 |
19 |
|
4 |
| Species |
Pseudofumaria lutea (L.) Borkh. (Yellow Corydalis) |
|
10 |
3 |
|
|
| Family |
RANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots) |
29 |
347 |
53 |
55 |
11 |
| Genus |
Acaena (pirri-pirri burs) |
1 |
9 |
11 |
|
1 |
| Genus |
Agrimonia (agrimonies) |
2 |
10 |
18 |
|
2 |
| Genus |
Alchemilla (lady's-mantles) |
7 |
57 |
|
|
2 |
| Genus |
Aphanes (parsley pierts) |
2 |
1 |
10 |
|
|
| Genus |
Filipendula (meadowsweets) |
2 |
20 |
8 |
|
|
| Genus |
Fragaria (strawberries) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Fragaria vesca L. (Wild Strawberry) |
|
9 |
14 |
6 |
1 |
| Genus |
Geum (avens) |
3 |
40 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
| Genus |
Potentilla (cinquefoils) |
7 |
69 |
35 |
4 |
2 |
| Genus |
Sanguisorba (burnets) |
3 |
14 |
10 |
|
2 |
| Family |
URTICACEAE (nettles) |
6 |
19 |
|
4 |
8 |
| Family |
CRASSULACEAE (stonecrops) |
7 |
58 |
16 |
|
3 |
| Family |
HALORAGACEAE (water-milfoils) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Myriophyllum (water milfoils) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Family |
SAXIFRAGACEAE (saxifrages) |
14 |
126 |
19 |
13 |
11 |
| Family |
CONVOLVULACEAE (bindweeds & dodders) |
7 |
106 |
5 |
|
2 |
| Family |
SOLANACEAE (nightshades) |
16 |
94 |
8 |
|
7 |
| Subclass |
LILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants) |
304 |
2086 |
916 |
52 |
249 |
| Order |
ALISMATALES (pond plants) |
32 |
199 |
45 |
27 |
45 |
| Family |
NARTHECIACEAE (bog asphodels) |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Family |
NYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies) |
2 |
24 |
|
|
8 |
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