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- Acacia 046.036
- Acanthaceae - Bear's-breech 125
- Acanthus 125.001
- Acaena 048.034
- Adiantum 012.003
- Aeonium 043.005
- Agapanthus 167.003
- Agave 168.014
- Aichryson 043.011
- Aira 177.049
- Aizoaceae - Dewplant 096
- Allium 167.001
- Amaryllidaceae - Daffodil 167
- Amaryllis 167.006
- Anthoxanthum 177.040
- Aphanes 048.036
- Aptenia 096.001
- Arctosis 135.036
- Aristea 165.001
- Armeria 091.002
- Asperagaceae - Asparagus 168
- Aspleniaceae - Spleenwort 014
- Asplenium 014.001
- Asteraceae - Daisy 135
- Crassulaceae - Stonecrop 043
- Crepis 135.032
- Fabaceae - Pea 046
- Leucojum 167.009
- Lythrum 072.001
- Plumbaginaceae - Thrift 091
- Poaceae - Grass 177
- Pteridaceae - Ribbon fern 012
- Rosaceae - Roses 048
- Taraxacum 135.031
- Sorbus 048.014
- Symphyotrichum 135.058
- (A)(B) Few to numerous simple
- (A)B (Few) numerous simple
- (A)C Few / no simple hairs
- (D)(E) Few / some stellate
- (F)(G) Few / some glandular
- A Few simple hairs
- A(B) Few to many simple hairs
- A(occ) Occasional simple hairs
- B Numerous simple
- B(A) Numerous (few) simple hairs
- C No simple
- C(A) No (occasional) simple hairs
- D Numerous/dense stellate
- D(E) Dense (few) stellate
- D(E) Numerous (few) stellate
- D(out) dense stellate on outer only
- E Few/No stellate
- E(D) No / few (some) stellate
- E(none) No stellate
- F Numerous glandular
- F(G) Numerous (few) glandular
- F(mic) Numerous micro glandular
- G No / few glandular
- G(min) Few minute glandular
- G(none) No glandular
- (H)(I) Obtuse / Acute apex
- (J)(K) +/- 11mm
- (J)K (<)>11mm
- <11mm
- >11mm
- H Obtuse apex
- H(I) Obtuse (some acute) apex
- H(outer) Obtuse apex outer bracts
- I Acute apex
- I(fil) Acute filamentous
- I(H) Acute (obtuse) tips
- J(K) <11mm(>11mm)
- Reflexed tips
- (S)T Bracts erect sub-erect spreading
- Appressed
- Arcuate
- bl6-7
- bl7
- bl7-8
- Border wide pale
- Bordered
- Bordered clear white
- Bordered distinctly
- Bordered slightly
- bw2
- bw2-3
- Ciliate
- Claw shaped
- Erect
- Erect on bud
- inrolled
- Length<12
- Length>18
- Messy
- Narrow white border
- Neat ruff
- Oblong
- Ovate
- P < 10mm length
- Pale green above
- Pink tipped
- Purple suffused above
- R(rec) Arcuate recurved tip
- radiate wheel spokes
- Recurved
- Reflexed
- S(pat) Spreading (patent)
- Sigmoid
- Spreading
- Spreading arcuate
- Spreading erect
- Spreading suberect
- Twisted
- U Unbordered
- Unbordered
- Upturned tips
- V Bordered
- Width <6
- Width<1.5
- Width<2
- Width<2.5
- Width<3
- Width<3.5
- Width<4
- Width<4.5
- Width<5
- Width<5.5
- X < 3.5mm wide
- (V)(W) Small medium head
- (W) small/med head
- (W)(X) Medium to large capitula
- (W)X Large (medium) capitula
- Black bud apex
- cap Few
- cap1-10+
- cap1-20
- cap1-4
- cap1-4(14)
- cap1-5+
- cap1-6
- cap1-8
- cap10-20+
- cap2-10
- cap2-12
- cap2-15
- cap2-20
- cap2-4
- cap2-5
- cap2-50
- cap2-6
- cap2-8
- cap3-10
- cap3-12
- cap3-15
- cap3-20
- cap4-20
- cap5-16
- Glabrous scape
- Hairy scape
- Ligules brown-purple
- Ligules dark purple
- Ligules grey-purple
- Ligules greyish-brown
- Ligules red-purple
- Ligules short
- Ligules striped pink
- Ligules tipped blackish
- Ligules tipped purple
- Ligules tipped reddish
- Long achene cone
- Pollen absent
- Pollen plentiful
- Pollen present
- Pollen sometimes
- Stigmas dark yellow
- Striped dark brown
- Striped grey-purple
- Striped grey-violet
- Striped purple
- Teeth yellow
- V small capitula head
- V(W) Small (medium) head
- W Medium
- W(X) Medium / large
- X Large capitula
- (w)x Sometimes teeth on lower / proximal edge
- Blotched
- Blotched edge interlobes
- Blotched interlobes
- Blotched slightly
- Blotched sometimes
- Convex proximal margins
- Crowded overlapping
- Cucullate lobes
- Entire
- Entire distal/upper edge entire
- Forward pointing
- Heterophyllous
- Interlobes toothed
- Interlobes unblotched mainly lacking blackish / cu
- Lateral 1-4
- Lateral 2-4
- Lateral 2-5
- Lateral 3-4
- Lateral 3-5
- Lateral 3-6
- Lateral 4-5
- Lateral 4-6
- Lateral 4-7
- Lateral 4-8
- Lateral 5-6
- Lateral 5-7
- Lateral 5-8
- Lateral 6-10
- Lateral 6-12
- Lateral 6-7
- Lateral forward pointing
- Lateral lobes proximal/lower edge curved back
- Lateral lobes proximal/lower edge hooked curved ba
- ll4-5
- ll4-6
- Lobes alternate
- Lobes dentate
- Lobes often double
- Lobes spaced
- Patent
- Proximal margin teeth
- Proximal/lower edge entire lacking teeth
- q(r) Entire (dentate) distal upper edge
- r Toothed distal / upper edge
- Recurved
- Scarcely blotched
- Scythe-like
- Short
- Smudged interlobes
- Spathulate
- Spatulate
- t Interlobes toothed
- t(dist) Interlobes toothed (distant lobes)
- Terminal acuminate-extenuate
- Terminal broad trilobate
- Terminal hamate
- Terminal helmet
- Terminal large
- Terminal long-sagittate
- Terminal mucronate
- Terminal narrow elongated
- Terminal obtuse-rounded
- Terminal onion spire
- u Unblotched interlobes
- Unblotched
- v(mid) Interlobes blackish / dark (cut to midrib)
- Variously directed
- w Proximal lower edge entire
- x Teeth on proximal / lower edge
- z Proximal lower edge hooked curved back
- z(rec) Proximal edge recurved
- b Curled crisped plicate
- b(int) Interlobes curled crisped
- c Mid green
- d Dark green
- f Leaves narrow elliptical
- g Upper surface glabrous / scarce hairs
- h Hairy
- Small
- Spotted
- Unspotted
- Z Homophyllous no marked leaf difference
- (P)(Q) Sometimes with spots
- (T)(U) Entire / toothed
- (Y) slightly hairy upper
- (Y)(Z) sometimes hairy
- (Y)Z Glabrous sometimes hairs
- (Z) slightly glabrous upper
- Acute apex
- Ascending
- Black-edged midrib
- cl 0-1
- cl 0-1(3)
- cl 2-3
- cl 2-4
- cl 6-14
- cl 8-20
- cl few
- Contorted
- Creased most of length
- Crisped
- Crisped slightly
- Dark bluish-green
- Dark dirty green
- Dark green
- Dark grey-green
- Decumbent
- Deeply dissected
- Erect
- Flat
- Glabrescent
- Glaucous
- Hairy
- Heterophyllous
- Homophyllous
- Lanceolate
- Lanceolate-spathulate
- Leaves Spotted
- Linear
- Mid-green
- Midrib bright purple
- Midrib dull purple
- Midrib white-green
- Narrow laceolate
- Narrow oblong
- Oblanceolate
- Oblong
- Oblong-spatulate
- Obovate
- P Spotted
- P(Q) Sometimes not spotted
- Pale green
- Prostrate
- Punctate black spots
- Q not spotted
- Q(P) Occasional spotting
- Shortly hairy
- Skeletal
- Slightly crisped
- Small spots sometimes
- Spathulate
- Suberect
- T no large teeth
- T(ent) Entire edges
- T(U) Entire/Serrate/Toothed
- Terminal rounded lobules
- U large teeth
- Unblotched
- Upper surface glaucous
- Width<1.5cm
- Y hairy upper surface
- Y(bulb) Hairy upper surface bulbous base
- Y(Z) Hairy (glabrous) upper surface
- Y*(both) Hairy stellate both sides
- Y*(caul) Hairy with cauline stellate
- Z Glabrous upper
- Z(Y) Glabrous (sometimes hairs)
- Z(Y)* Stellate (simple) hairs on upper surface
- Z* Stellate only (rough)
- (a)(b) Few to many simple hairs
- (c)(a) No / occasional simple hairs
- (d)(e) Some stellate
- (f)(g) Few / occasional glandular
- a Few simple hairs
- a(b) Few (numerous) simple
- a(occ) Occasional simple hairs
- b numerous simple
- c No simple
- c(a) No (occasional) simple hairs
- d Numerous stellate
- e Few stellate
- e(d) Few (numerous) stellate
- f Numerous glandular
- f(few) Few glandular
- f(min) Minute glandular
- g no/few glandular
- g(f) No / few (some) glandular
- g(min) Few minute glandular
- g(none) No glandular
- g(occ) Occasional glandular
- Broad expanded wings
- Broadly winged
- Green
- Greenish-pink
- Inner faint pink / green
- Inner pink Outer pallid
- Long and narrow
- Midrib green-pinkish
- Midrib greenish
- Narrow unwinged
- Narrow winged base
- Obsolete
- Outside whitish
- Parallel winged
- Petioles broad
- Pink
- Purple
- Reddish
- Sheathing
- Short
- Unwinged
- White
- White outer
- White-green
- Winged +/-
- Winged base
- Wings lobate
- Wings long parallel
- (A)(B) Petioles green or purplish
- B Petioles all pink / purple
- D Petiole unwinged (very slight)
- F Midrib coloured / pinkish
- F(G) Midrib coloured (green)
- F(thr) Midrib pinkish threaded
- G Lower midrib green / concolorous
- H Scape hairy below capitula
- Achene orange-brown red
- Achene red
- J(red) Reddish ligule teeth
- K Ligule teeth yellow
- L Stigma styles discoloured
- M Stigma styles yellow
- N Ligule stripe grey to violet
- O(purp) Ligule stripe purple
- O(red) Red ligule stripes
- Pollen Absent
- Pollen Present
- (N)(O) Yellow / discoloured styles
- (O) styles slightly discoloured
- (R)(S) Occasional hairy ligule tips
- N styles yellow
- N(O) Styles yellow slight discoloured
- N(orange) Orange styles
- O styles discoloured
- O(N) Discoloured (sometimes yellow) styles
- Pollen Absent
- R Ligules hairy at tip
- R(S) Hairy (glabrous) ligule tips
- S ligules glabrous
- S(R) glabrous occasional hair
- Stylose heads
- i Entire / toothed edge
- i(tri) Not subdivided trilobate
- l Sigmoid / concave edge
- m Helmet shaped / cucullate / convex
- n acute / mucronate / sharp apex
- n(ling) Acute acuminate lingulate sharp apex
- VC01 IOS and W.Cornwall
- VC11 S.Hampshire
- VC22 Berkshire
- VC23 Oxfordshire
- VC24 Buckinghamshire
- VC32 Northants
- VC34 W.Gloucestershire
- VC42 Breconshire
- VC49 Caernarvonshire
- VC62 NE.Yorkshire
- VC65 NW.Yorkshire
- VC69 Westmorland

135.025.181 Taraxacum dilatatum
135.025.183 Taraxacum hepaticum
135.025.187 Taraxacum subundulatum
135.025.188 Taraxacum exacutum
135.025.189 Taraxacum adantifrons
135.025.193 Taraxacum caloschistum
135.025.195 Taraxacum valens
135.025.196 Taraxacum leptodon
135.025.197 Taraxacum incisum
135.025.147 Taraxacum lacerifolium
135.025.199 Taraxacum planum
135.025.200 Taraxacum aurosulum
135.025.203 Taraxacum pannulatum
135.025.204 Taraxacum macranthoides
135.025.205 Taraxacum fagerstroemii
135.025.208 Taraxacum procerisquameum
135.025.209 Taraxacum exsertiforme
135.025.210 Taraxacum ekmanii
135.025.211 Taraxacum coartatum
135.025.212 Taraxacum angulare
135.025.213 Taraxacum latissimum
135.025.214 Taraxacum aequilobum
135.025.217 Taraxacum pachymerum
135.025.218 Taraxacum lingulatum
135.025.219 Taraxacum pseudoretroflexum
135.025.225 Taraxacum polyodon
135.025.229 Taraxacum acroglossum
135.025.233 Taraxacum acutifidum
135.025.236 Taraxacum sagittipotens
135.058.005 Symphyotrichum novi-belgii - confused michaelmas-daisy
135.058.004 Symphyotrichum x versicolor late michaelmas-daisy
135.025.238 Taraxacum oblongatum
014.001.008 Asplenium marinum - sea spleenwort
014.001.005 Asplenium adiantum-nigrum - black spleenwort
091.002.001 Armeria maritima thrift
165.001.001 Aristea ecklonii blue corn-lily
135.025.239 Taraxacum cophocentrum
135.036.001 Arctosis aspera white-flowered african-daisy
096.001.001 Aptenia cordifolia heart-leaf iceplant
048.036.001 Aphanes arvensis parsley piert
177.040.001 Anthoxanthum odoratum sweet vernal-grass
167.006.001 Amaryllis belladonna jersey lily
167.001.009 Allium triquetrum three-cornered garlic
167.001.004 Allium roseum rosy garlic
167.001.017 Allium ampeloprasum wild leek
177.049.001 Aira caryophyllea silver hair-grass
043.011.001 Aichryson laxum tree-of-love
168.014.001 Agave americana centuryplant
167.003.001 Agapanthus praecox african lily
043.005.001 Aeonium cuneatum aeonium
043.005.003 Aeonium arboreum tree aeonium
012.003.001 Adiantum capillus-veneris maidenhair fern
125.001.001 Acanthus mollis bear's-breech
048.034.001 Acaena novae-zelandiae pirri-pirri-bur
046.036.001 Acacia melanoxylon australian blackwood
135.034.330 Hieracium neocoracinum
135.034.238.2 Hieracium obovatifolium
135.034.349 Hieracium sanguineum
135.034.365 Hieracium scotostictum
135.034.373 Hieracium grandidens
135.034.374 Hieracium sylvularum
135.034.385 Hieracium kentii
135.034.389 Hieracium glevense
135.034.391.1 Hieracium elizabethae-reginae
135.034.393 Hieracium subaequialtum
135.034.401 Hieracium pellucidum
135.034.402 Hieracium exotericum
135.026.001 Crepis paludosa
135.025.201 Taraxacum ochrochlorum
048.014.014 Sorbus anglica
135.034.001 Hieracium vagum
135.034.002 Hieracium rigens

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