(11)Prickly Sowthistle [Sonchus asper]. An annual found on waste places, roadsides and cultivated or disturbed ground. Very similar to the smooth sow thistle but the leaves have stronger prickles, very wavy edged and are less divided. The plant can attain 1.5 metres and flowers in June to August.

(12)Toadflax [Linaria vulgaris]. Our most common yellow snapdragon-like flower found on roadsides, grassy places, cultivated fields and even woodland. It grows to 60cm, a perennial plant, flowering from July onwards.

(13)Dandelion [Taraxacum officinale]. A widespead and abundant perennial 5-30cm height in fields, meadows, garden lawns and waste places. The bright yellow flowers occur throughout the year but are in great profusion during April and May. They only open in full sun. The leaves are delicious cooked or eaten fresh in a salad.

(14)Meadow Buttercup [Ranunculus acris]. The tallest of our buttercups, 30-90cm high, with deeply cut leaves and unlike the creeping buttercup has no runners but numerous flower-heads. Although widespread, it favours damp meadows and moister grasslands, where it flowers from May onwards.

(15)Birdsfoot-Trefoil [Lotus corniculatus]. Usually prostate, a perennial peaflower growing up to 35cm in height, widespread and abundant in dry grassland and roadsides. Flowering from May to September, the flower-heads may have up to eight bright yellow flowers on a longish stalk. The flowers are frequently veined or suffused with red or orange, accounting for its more common name of 'Eggs & Bacon'. Each seed pod is a couple of cms in length, the seed head resembling a birds foot.

(16)Daisy [Bellis perennis]. Widespread and abundant in short grassland, a 5-8cm high downy perennial with basal rosettes. The solitary white flowers often tipped in red, on leafless stalks, occur throughout the year but only open up on bright days.

(17)White Clover [Trifolium repens]. Often referred to as Dutch clover, a creeping and rooting perennial of grassland and waste areas. White flowers sometimes pinkish from June onwards up to 25cm in height.

(18)Goatsbeard [Tragopogon pratensis]. Yellow dandelion-like flowers set amongst narrow grass-like leaves from June onwards, opening only in the morning. Hence its other common name of 'Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon'. Sometimes perennial, common in grassy places, it can grow to 60cm, the seed heads (illustrated in the photo inset) are large and distinctive, opening up into very large dandelion-like clocks.

(19)Dove's-foot Cranesbill [Geranium molle]. A low often prostrate annual up to 25cm, with small flowers of varying shades from almost white to whitish-pinkish-purple from April to September. Widespread in fields, wasteland and even sandy places. Frequently found intermingling with the Cut-leaved Cranesbill, with its smaller pinkish-purple flowers.

(20)Self-Heal [Prunella vulgaris]. A small creeping downy perennial up to 20cm, abundant in short grassy places, wasteland, roadsides and woodland clearings. Flowers from June onwards and can occasionally be found coloured pink or white.