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Barren Strawberry
Similar at first glance to Wild Strawberry, the pretty Barren Strawberry can be found flowering earlier, from February through to May. Photo: © Natural England/Peter Wakely
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Betony
Purple spikes of Betony put on a lovely display along coastal paths in the summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Bird’s-foot-trefoil
If you ever wondered how Bird’s-foot-trefoil got its name, you have to wait for the seedpods to appear in late summer. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Blackthorn
Blackthorn flowers blossom before their leaves, appearing in glorious masses in the hedgerows, in April into May. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Bloody Crane’s-bill
The meadows above Kynance Cove are a good place to see Bloody Crane’s-bill in the summer, following recent habitat restoration and scrub clearance. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Bog Asphodel
This bright plant of boggy areas on the heathland puts on an amazing display in early summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Burnet Rose
Creamy-white Burnet Roses are everywhere on the coastal heaths from May through to July. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike
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Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil
If you ever wondered how Bird’s-foot Trefoil got its name, you have to wait for the seedpods to appear. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Common Butterwort
The delicate violet flowers of Common Butterwort can be spotted from May to July in boggier spots on The Lizard. Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Common Milkwort
The grassy cliff tops of The Lizard are full of Common Milkwort from spring and into summer – the coastal path between Coverack and Lowland Point is a good place […]
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Cornish Heath
The lovely Cornish Heath, in Great Britain only found growing naturally on the serpentine rocks of The Lizard, starts to flower in mid-summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Devil’s-bit Scabious
Noted for being the larval food plant of the nationally rare Marsh Fritillary butterfly, Devil’s-bit Scabious is lovely in its own right. You can find it flowering on Mullion Cliffs […]
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Dodder
Watch out for the red stems of the parasitic plant Dodder scrambling over gorse and heather. It flowers between July and September. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (see below for full attribution)
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Dropwort
Dropwort is a lover of basic soils, and can be found blooming on the serpentine of the Lizard Peninsula from May to August. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Evening-primrose
Evening-primrose can be spotted into the autumn in milder weather. Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Fringed Rupturewort
Fringed Rupturewort, one of the rare plants of the Lizard, can be seen in sandy and rocky habitats. A small, unassuming plant, look for its brighter green colouring among the […]
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Lesser Centaury
Look for for Lesser Centaury in summer and early autumn along coastal clifftops. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Pale Butterwort
A paler, smaller version of Common Butterwort, the Pale Butterwort is harder to find, but worth the search. Crousa Downs is a good place to look. Photo: Kate Dalziel
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Pigmy Rush
In the early days of summer, look out for diminutive, pink-flushed Pigmy Rush along the ancient trackways of The Lizard. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Round-leaved Sundew
The paths and open firebreaks of the Crousa Downs are a good place to look for Round-leaved Sundew in the summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
