List of dicotyledons of Great Britain and Ireland

This page covers a group of dicotyledon families (Lauraceae to Salicaceae). For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland.

Status key: * indicates an introduced species and e indicates an extinct species.

This division of the eudicots is shown in the following cladogram:

eudicots	basal eudicots (paraphyletic group: Buxales, Proteales, Ranunculales, Trochodendrales) core eudicots Gunnerales Pentapetalae Dilleniales superrosids Saxifragales rosids Vitales eurosids fabids malvids superasterids Santalales Berberidopsidales Caryophyllales asterids Cornales Ericales euasterids campanulids lamiids

Order Ceratophyllales

Family Ceratophyllaceae (coontails, hornworts)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Rigid hornwort	Ceratophyllum demersum
Soft hornwort	Ceratophyllum submersum

Order Ranunculales

Family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Marsh-marigold	Caltha palustris
Globeflower	Trollius europaeus
Stinking hellebore	Helleborus foetidus
Green hellebore	Helleborus viridis
Lenten-rose	Helleborus orientalis	*
Winter aconite	Eranthis hyemalis	*
Love-in-a-mist	Nigella damascena	*
Monk's-hood	Aconitum napellus
Wolf's-bane	Aconitum lycoctonum	*
Larkspur	Consolida ajacis	*
Baneberry	Actaea spicata
Wood anemone	Anemone nemorosa
Blue anemone	Anemone apennina	*
Yellow anemone	Anemone ranunculoides	*
Liverleaf	Anemone hepatica	*
Pasqueflower	Pulsatilla vulgaris
Traveller's joy	Clematis vitalba
Virgin's-bower	Clematis flammula	*
Orange-peel clematis	Clematis tangutica	*
Himalayan clematis	Clematis montana	*
Purple clematis	Clematis viticella	*
Meadow buttercup	Ranunculus acris
Creeping buttercup	Ranunculus repens
Bulbous buttercup	Ranunculus bulbosus
Hairy buttercup	Ranunculus sardous
St Martin's buttercup	Ranunculus marginatus	*
Rough-fruited buttercup	Ranunculus muricatus	*
Small-flowered buttercup	Ranunculus parviflorus
Corn buttercup	Ranunculus arvensis
Jersey buttercup	Ranunculus paludosus
Goldilocks buttercup	Ranunculus auricomus
Celery-leaved buttercup	Ranunculus sceleratus
Greater spearwort	Ranunculus lingua
Lesser spearwort	Ranunculus flammula
Creeping spearwort	Ranunculus reptans
Adder's-tongue spearwort	Ranunculus ophioglossifolius
Aconite-leaved buttercup	Ranunculus aconitifolius	*
Lesser celandine	Ranunculus ficaria
Ivy-leaved crowfoot	Ranunculus hederaceus
Round-leaved crowfoot	Ranunculus omiophyllus
Three-lobed crowfoot	Ranunculus tripartitus
Brackish water-crowfoot	Ranunculus baudotii
Thread-leaved water-crowfoot	Ranunculus trichophyllus
Common water-crowfoot	Ranunculus aquatilis
Pond water-crowfoot	Ranunculus peltatus
Stream water-crowfoot	Ranunculus penicillatus
River water-crowfoot	Ranunculus fluitans
Fan-leaved water-crowfoot	Ranunculus circinatus
Pheasant's-eye	Adonis annua	*
Mousetail	Myosurus minimus
Columbine	Aquilegia vulgaris
Pyrenean columbine	Aquilegia pyrenaica	*
French meadow-rue	Thalictrum aquilegiifolium	*
Chinese meadow-rue	Thalictrum delavayi	*
Common meadow-rue	Thalictrum flavum
Lesser meadow-rue	Thalictrum minus
Alpine meadow-rue	Thalictrum alpinum

Order Gunnerales

Family Gunneraceae

English name	Scientific name	Status
Giant-rhubarb	Gunnera tinctoria	*

Basal angiosperms

Order Nymphaeales

Family Nymphaeaceae (waterlilies)

English name	Scientific name	Status
White water-lily	Nymphaea alba
Yellow water-lily	Nuphar lutea
Least water-lily	Nuphar pumila
Spatter-dock	Nuphar advena	*

Magnoliids

Order Laurales

Family Lauraceae (laurel family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Bay laurel	Laurus nobilis	*

Order Piperales

Family Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Asarabacca	Asarum europaeum	*
Birthwort	Aristolochia clematitis	*
Smearwort	Aristolochia rotunda	*

Superasterids

Order Caryophyllales

Family Aizoaceae (ice plants, carpet weeds)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Indian pokeweed	Phytolacca acinosa	*
Heart-leaf ice-plant	Aptenia cordifolia	*
Shrubby dewplant	Ruschia caroli	*
Sickle-leaved dewplant	Lampranthus falciformis	*
Rosy dewplant	Lampranthus multiradiatus (syn. L. roseus)	*
Deltoid-leaved dewplant	Oscularia deltoides	*
Purple dewplant	Disphyma crassifolium	*
Pale dewplant	Drosanthemum floribundum	*
Lesser sea-fig	Erepsia heteropetala	*
Sally-my-handsome	Carpobrotus acinaciformis	*
Hottentot-fig	Carpobrotus edulis	*
Angular sea-fig	Carpobrotus glaucescens	*

Order Santalales

Family Santalaceae (sandalwoods)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Mistletoe	Viscum album

Asterids

Order Cornales

Family Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Mock-orange	Philadelphus coronarius	*

Order Escalloniales

Family Escalloniaceae (Escallonia family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Escallonia	Escallonia macrantha	*

Order Ericales

Family Balsaminaceae (balsam family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Touch-me-not balsam	Impatiens noli-tangere
Orange balsam	Impatiens capensis	*
Small balsam	Impatiens parviflora	*
Himalayan balsam	Impatiens glandulifera	*

Campanulids

Order Asterales

Family Menyanthaceae

English name	Scientific name	Status
Bogbean	Menyanthes trifoliata
Fringed water-lily	Nymphoides peltata

Family Asteraceae (aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family)

Further information: List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland (Asteraceae)

Order Apiales

Family Pittosporaceae

English name	Scientific name	Status
Karo	Pittosporum crassifolium	*
Kohuhu	Pittosporum tenuifolium	*

Family Araliaceae (ginseng family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Persian ivy	Hedera colchica	*
Ivy	Hedera helix
Chinese angelica-tree	Aralia chinensis	*
Japanese angelica-tree	Aralia elata	*
American-spikenard	Aralia racemosa	*
Marsh pennywort	Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Hairy pennywort	Hydrocotyle moschata	*
New Zealand pennywort	Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae	*

Family Apiaceae (celery, carrot or parsley family; umbellifers)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Sanicle	Sanicula europaea
Astrantia	Astrantia major	*
Tall eryngo	Eryngium giganteum	*
Blue eryngo	Eryngium planum	*
Sea-holly	Eryngium maritimum
Field eryngo	Eryngium campestre
Hairy chervil	Chaerophyllum hirsutum	*
Golden chervil	Chaerophyllum aureum	*
Rough chervil	Chaerophyllum temulum
Cow parsley	Anthriscus sylvestris
Bur chervil	Anthriscus caucalis
Shepherd's-needle	Scandix pecten-veneris
Sweet cicely	Myrrhis odorata	*
Coriander	Coriandrum sativum	*
Alexanders	Smyrnium olusatrum	*
Perfoliate alexanders	Smyrnium perfoliatum	*
Great pignut	Bunium bulbocastanum
Pignut	Conopodium majus
Greater burnet-saxifrage	Pimpinella major
Burnet-saxifrage	Pimpinella saxifraga
Ground-elder	Aegopodium podagraria	*
Greater water-parsnip	Sium latifolium
Lesser water-parsnip	Berula erecta
Rock samphire	Crithmum maritimum
Moon carrot	Seseli libanotis
Tubular water-dropwort	Oenanthe fistulosa
Narrow-leaved water-dropwort	Oenanthe silaifolia
Corky-fruited water-dropwort	Oenanthe pimpinelloides
Parsley water-dropwort	Oenanthe lachenalii
Hemlock water-dropwort	Oenanthe crocata
River water-dropwort	Oenanthe fluviatilis
Fine-leaved water-dropwort	Oenanthe aquatica
Fool's parsley	Aethusa cynapium
Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	*
Pepper-saxifrage	Silaum silaus
Spignel	Meum athamanticum
Bladderseed	Physospermum cornubiense
Hemlock	Conium maculatum
Shrubby hare's-ear	Bupleurum fruticosum	*
Sickle-leaved hare's-ear	Bupleurum falcatum
Slender hare's-ear	Bupleurum tenuissimum
Small hare's-ear	Bupleurum baldense
False thorow-wax	Bupleurum subovatum	*
Honewort	Trinia glauca
Wild celery	Apium graveolens
Fool's water-cress	Apium nodiflorum
Creeping marshwort	Apium repens
Lesser marshwort	Apium inundatum
Garden parsley	Petroselinum crispum	*
Corn parsley	Petroselinum segetum
Stone parsley	Sison amomum
Cowbane	Cicuta virosa
Bullwort	Ammi majus	*
Longleaf	Falcaria vulgaris	*
Caraway	Carum carvi	*
Whorled caraway	Carum verticillatum
Cambridge milk-parsley	Selinum carvifolia
Scots lovage	Ligusticum scoticum
Wild angelica	Angelica sylvestris
Garden angelica	Angelica archangelica	*
Lovage	Levisticum officinale	*
Hog's fennel	Peucedanum officinale
Milk-parsley	Peucedanum palustre
Masterwort	Peucedanum ostruthium	*
Wild parsnip	Pastinaca sativa
Hogweed	Heracleum sphondylium
Giant hogweed	Heracleum mantegazzianum	*
Hartwort	Tordylium maximum	*
Upright hedge-parsley	Torilis japonica
Spreading hedge-parsley	Torilis arvensis
Knotted hedge-parsley	Torilis nodosa
Wild carrot	Daucus carota

Family Polemoniaceae (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Jacob's-ladder	Polemonium caeruleum

Order Aquifoliales

Family Aquifoliaceae (holly)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Holly	Ilex aquifolium

Order Dipsacales

Family Adoxaceae (moschatel family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Red-berried elder	Sambucus racemosa	*
Elder	Sambucus nigra
American elder	Sambucus canadensis	*
Dwarf elder	Sambucus ebulus
Guelder-rose	Viburnum opulus
Wayfaring-tree	Viburnum lantana
Laurustinus	Viburnum tinus	*
Wrinkled viburnum	Viburnum rhytidophyllum	*
Snowberry	Symphoricarpos albus	*
Twinflower	Linnaea borealis
Himalayan honeysuckle	Leycesteria formosa	*
Box-leaved honeysuckle	Lonicera pileata	*
Wilson's honeysuckle	Lonicera nitida	*
Californian honeysuckle	Lonicera involucrata	*
Fly honeysuckle	Lonicera xylosteum
Henry's honeysuckle	Lonicera henryi	*
Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	*
Honeysuckle	Lonicera periclymenum
Perfoliate honeysuckle	Lonicera caprifolium	*
Moschatel	Adoxa moschatellina

Family Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Common cornsalad	Valerianella locusta
Keeled-fruited cornsalad	Valerianella carinata
Broad-fruited cornsalad	Valerianella rimosa
Narrow-fruited cornsalad	Valerianella dentata
Hairy-fruited cornsalad	Valerianella eriocarpa	*
Common valerian	Valeriana officinalis
Pyrenean valerian	Valeriana pyrenaica	*
Marsh valerian	Valeriana dioica
Red valerian	Centranthus ruber	*
Annual valerian	Centranthus calcitrapae	*
Wild teasel	Dipsacus fullonum
Fuller's teasel	Dipsacus sativus	*
Small teasel	Dipsacus pilosus
Yellow-flowered teasel	Dipsacus strigosus	*
Giant scabious	Cephalaria gigantea	*
Field scabious	Knautia arvensis
Devil's-bit scabious	Succisa pratensis
Small scabious	Scabiosa columbaria
Sweet scabious	Scabiosa atropurpurea	*

Superrosids

Further information: List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland (Superrosids)