FLOWERS GROWING WILD IN BROADWAY FLOWERS SEEN during APRIL 2017 Month Common Name Botanical name Photograph 1 Photograph 2 Allium: pale blue Allium sp Allium: white Allium triquetrum Anemone [windflower] Anemone blanda var. Anthemis Anthemis punctate sp
Apple var Malus sp Archangel: yellow Lamiastrum galeobdolon Aubretia: purple Aubretia sp Batchelor s buttons Kerria japonica Berberis: purple Berberis thunbergii [atropurpurea sp]
Bergenia [elephant s ears] Bergenia var. Bittercress: hairy Cardamine hirsuta Blackthorn [sloe] Prunus spinosa Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell: Spanish Hyacinthoides hispanica
Bluebell: white Hyacinthoides non-scripta var. Buttercup: goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus Buttercup: meadow Ranunculus acris Campion: red Silene dioica Candytuft: perennial Iberis sempervirens
Celandine: greater Chelidonium magus Celandine: lesser Ranunculus ficaria Cherry: [ornamental] Prunus sp Clematis montana: white Clematis montana sp Clematis: montana: pink Clematis montana sp
Columbine [granny s bonnet] Aquilegia vulgaris Comfrey: white [or soft] Symphytum orientale Cornsalad: common [lamb s lettuce] Valerianella locusta Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Cowslip Primula veris
Crab apple var Malus sp Cuckooflower [lady s smock] Cardamine pratensis Daffodil var Narcissus (pseudonarcissus) Daisy: common Bellis perennis Dandelion: common Taraxacum officinale
Dead-nettle: Red Lamium purpureum Dead-nettle: White Lamium album Fleabane: Mexican Erigeron karvinskianus Fleabane: pink [ or daisy sp] Erigeron sp? Forget-menot: wood Myosotis sylvatica
Forsythia Forsythia [intermedia] Garlic mustard [Jack-by-thehedge] Alliaria petiolata Geranium: hardy var. Geranium sp Goat s-beard [Jack-go-tobed-at-noon] Tragopogon pratensis Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse: Spanish [broom] Genista hispanica Grapehyacinth Muscari armeniacum Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Hawthorn (May) Crataegus sp [laevigata]
Heather Calluna vulgaris Hellebore: stinking Helleborus foetidus Herb Robert Geranium Robertianum Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Holly Ilex aquifolium
Honesty: white Lunaria annua [alba] Horse chestnut: white flowered Aesculus hippocastanum Hyacinth: pink hyacinthus Iris Iris [possibly xiphium sp] Jasmine: Winter flowering Jasminum nudiflorum
Laurel [cherry laurel] Prunus laurocerasus Lilac: mauve Syringe vulgaris var. Lilac: white Syringe vulgaris var. Marsh marigold Caltha palustrus Mercury: Dog s Mercurialis annua
Mouse-ear: sticky Cerastium glomeratum Nettle: stinging or common Urtica dioica ssp. dioica Orchid: early purple Orchis mascula Pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris sp Peony: tree [pink var] Paeonia sp
Periwinkle: lesser [variegated] Vinca minor [varigata] Periwinkle: greater Vinca major Choisya var. (Mexican orange blossom) Choisya ternate var. Potentilla [Barren strawberry] Potentilla sterilis Potentilla: yellow [cinquefoil] Potentilla fruticosa
Primrose Primula vulgaris Prunus Prunus sp Prunus sp [possibly cherry plum] Prunus [serasifera?] Rhododendron: white Rhododendron sp Ribes [flowering currant] Ribes sanguineum
Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata Rosemary Rosmarinus sp Shepherd s purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Shining crane s-bill Geranium lucidum Skimmia Skimmia japonica sp
Sow thistle [common / smooth] Sonchus oleraceus Speedwell: common field Veronica persica Speedwell: germander Veronica chamaedrys Speedwell: Ivy-leafed Veronica hederifolia Spurge: petty Euphorbia peplus
Stitchwort: greater Stellaria holostea Toadflax: Ivy-leafed Cymbalaria muralis Valerian: red Centranthus ruber Vetch: bush Vicia sepium Vetch: common Vicia sativa
Viburnum sp Viburnum sp. Viburnum tinus [laurustinus] Viburnum tinus var Weigela: pink Weigela var Wild garlic [Ramsons] Allium ursinium Wisteria Wisteria floribunda var.