WILDFLOWERS 2 - A diary of wildlife on Banstead Downs

58 (of 186) flowers, grasses, creepers, mosses and ferns recorded by me on Banstead Downs (arranged by Order : Brassicales > Hypnales)

Lesser Periwinkle [Vinca minor]

Lesser Periwinkle - Location : Freedown Lane, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 13 Apr 2016

Yellow-wort [Blackstonia perfoliata]

Yellow-wort - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jun 2015

Early Gentian [Gentianella anglica]

Early Gentian - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 31 May 2022

Hedge Bedstraw [Galium mollugo]

Hedge Bedstraw – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jun 2025

Lady’s Bedstraw [Galium verum]

Lady’s Bedstraw – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jun 2025

Druce's Cranesbill [Geranium endressii x versicolor]

Druce's Cranesbill, a garden escapee - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025

Meadow Crane’s-bill [Geranium pratense]

Meadow Crane’s-bill - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2015

Hedgerow Cranesbill [Geranium pyrenaicum]

Hedgerow Cranesbill - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 May 2025

Herb Robert [Geranium robertianum]

Herb Robert - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 May 2015

Common Tamarisk-moss [Thuidium tamariscinum ?]

Common Tamarisk-moss (?) carpeting a fallen Silver Birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Dec 2025

Cypress-leaved Plaitmoss [Hypnum cupressiforme ?]

Cypress-leaved Plaitmoss with a ruffle lichen (Parmotrema sp.?) on an oak branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Nov 2025

Cypress-leaved Plaitmoss [Hypnum cupressiforme]

Sporophytes of Cypress-leaved Plaitmoss - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 06 Dec 2025

moss [unidentified]

moss on a twig - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Nov 2025