Wild Flowers - Pink or Red
Quite a lot of our flowers are pink and this page shows some of those that are fairly common in the Park.
Redshank
![Redshank](400/redshank.jpg)
Usually has reddish stems and a dark patch in the middle of each leaf. Fowers from June until October.
Great Willowherb
![Great Willowherb](400/great-willowherb.jpg)
This very tall plant can grow up to 2 metres in damp habitats but only usually flowers during July and August.
Red Clover
![Red Clover](400/clover-red.jpg)
A very common low-growing plant with distinctive crescent marks on the leaves. Flowers from May until October.
Knapweed
![Knapweed](400/knapweed.jpg)
A very common plant that flowers from June until September in a wide range of grassy places.
Field Bindweed
![Field Bindweed](400/bindweed-field.jpg)
A plant that sometimes twines around other plants to reach great heights. Flowers from June until September.
Herb Robert
![Herb Robert](400/herb-robert.jpg)
A widespread member of the Geranium family that has a long flowering season, from April until October.
Water-pepper
![Water-pepper](400/water-pepper.jpg)
This plant is very common on the flood meadows. It has long drooping spikes of pale pink flowers that appear from July until September
Spear Thistle
![Spear Thistle](400/spear-thistle.jpg)
Told from our other thistles by its very spiney leaves and large flower head, it favours grassland and flowers from July until September.
Cut-leaved Cranesbill
![Cut-leaved Cranesbill](400/cut-leaved-cranesbill.jpg)
Another member of the Geranium family, this one has distinctive leaves and flowers from May until September.
Scarlet Pimpernel
![Scarlet Pimpernel](400/scarlet-pimpernel.jpg)
Not very common in the valley but the colour of its flowers makes this plant unmistakeable. It has a fairly short flowering season; June until August.
Red Dead-nettle
![Red Dead-nettle](400/red-dead-nettle.jpg)
This distinctive annual flowers from May until September and spreads very easily
Dog-rose
![Dog-rose](400/dog-rose.jpg)
A scrambling hedgerow shrub that flowers in June and July and produces bright red, egg-shaped, hips.
Common Vetch
![Common Vetch](400/vetch-common.jpg)
This vetch produces flowers from April until September, either singly or in pairs. It grows in grassland or hedgerows.
Red Campion
![Red Campion](400/red-campion.jpg)
This common hedgerow plant has a very long flowering season; from March until October
Rosebay Willowherb
![Rosebay Willowherb](400/rosebay-willowherb.jpg)
This tall plant is very common across the Park and flowers from July until September.
Common Centaury
![Common Centaury](400/centaury.jpg)
Found in dry, grassy places and along the coast path, this quite short plant flowers from June until September.
More Information
The Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland has a page with links to books, websites and downloadable files to help you identify wild plants.
A useful free guide was produced by the National Plant Monitoring Scheme.
A useful book is “Collins complete guide to British Wild Flowers”.
Photos on this page by Peter Hunnisett