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The northern European list of wild flower plant species is in the region of 2,000, not including mosses and other types of plant.

The flower is just one part of a flowering plant.  The cycle begins with the seed, is followed by the seedling and then grows to the point where it flowers and then fruits to release the seeds that start the cycle again.

 There is a huge variety of sizes of seeds. Some seeds can survive for many years, lying dormant in the soil, while others are so short-lived they must germinate quickly. Each plant may be able to produce a huge number of seeds, but few will germinate and even fewer will survive to flower.

At every stage of its life a plant is vulnerable to predation, weather conditions and accidental destruction.

Arrowhead Bee orchid Bell heather Bilberry Black nightshade Bluebell Broad-leaved dock Brooklime Broom Butterbur Colt's-foot Common bird's-foot-trefoil Common centaury Common chickweed Common comfrey Common cow-wheat Common dog-violet Common figwort Common fleabane Common gorse Common hawkweed Common knapweed Common mallow Common meadow-rue Common milkwort Common nettle Common poppy Common ragwort Common restharrow Common sorrel Common spotted-orchid Common toadflax Common vetch Common water-crowfoot Cow parsley Cowslip

Cuckoo flower or Lady's smock Dog's mercury Dog-rose Enchanter's-nightshade Fairy flax Fat-hen Feverfew Field scabious Foxglove Garlic mustard Good-King-Henry Great mullein Great willowherb Greater burdock Heartsease or Wild pansy Heath speedwell Heather Hemlock Hemp agrimony Herb Paris Herb-Robert Hogweed Honeysuckle Kidney vetch Lady's bedstraw Lesser celandine Lesser hawkbit Lesser stitchwort Lords-and-ladies Marsh lousewort Marsh-marigold Meadow buttercup Meadow crane's-bill Meadow saxifrage Meadow thistle Meadowsweet

Primrose Purple loosestrife Pyramidal orchid Ragged Robin Ramsons Red campion Redshank plant Rosebay willowherb Round-leaved sundew Scarlet pimpernel Scentless mayweed Selfheal Shepherd's-purse Silverweed Smooth hawk's-beard Spear thistle Sticky mouse-ear Thrift Tormentil Tower Mustard Tufted vetch Viper's-bugloss Water dock Water forget-me-not White campion White dead-nettle Wild teasel Wild thyme Wood anemone Wood avens Wood sage Wood-sorrel Yellow flag Yellow-rattle