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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
- 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

135.025.029 Taraxacum tortilobum
135.025.011 Taraxacum haworthianum
135.025.009 Taraxacum parnassicum
135.025.004 Taraxacum scanicum
135.034.388 Hieracium dowardense
135.034.377 Hieracium onychodontum
135.034.364 Hieracium discophyllum
135.034.345 Hieracium pictorum
135.034.334 Hieracium maculoides
135.034.328 Hieracium inspissatum
135.034.325 Hieracium orcadense
135.034.294.1 Hieracium basifolium
135.034.309 Hieracium radyrense
135.034.266 Hieracium pseudacroleucum
135.034.259 Hieracium stenolepiforme
135.034.223 Hieracium promontoriale
135.034.217 Hieracium basicrinum
135.034.203.1 Hieracium portlandicum
135.034.173 Hieracium shoolbredii
135.034.157 Hieracium iricum
135.034.141 Hieracium pseudanglicum
135.034.129 Hieracium vennicontium
135.034.127 Hieracium cuspidens
135.034.116 Hieracium laetificum
135.034.080 Hieracium calenduliflorum
135.034.071 Hieracium speluncarum
135.034.070 Hieracium zetlandicum
135.034.065 Hieracium difficile
135.034.030 Hieracium stewartii
135.034.047 Hieracium prenanthoides
135.034.019 Hieracium melanoglochin
020.003.006 Dryopteris cristata Crested buckler-fern
135.025.120 Taraxacum lancidens
135.025.234 Taraxacum angustisquameum
135.025.224 Taraxacum sundbergii
135.025.223 Taraxacum pectinatiforme
135.025.216 Taraxacum xanthostigma
135.025.215 Taraxacum cordatum
135.025.202 Taraxacum latisectum
135.025.192 Taraxacum sinuatum
135.025.191 Taraxacum stenoglossum
135.025.190 Taraxacum retroflexum
135.025.186 Taraxacum pulchrifolium
135.025.178 Taraxacum obtusifrons
135.025.177 Taraxacum latens
135.025.182 Taraxacum diastematicum
135.025.164 Taraxacum multicolorans
135.025.156 Taraxacum curtifrons
135.025.154 Taraxacum piceatum
135.025.151 Taraxacum porrigens
135.025.141 Taraxacum subhuelphersianum
135.025.144 Taraxacum expallidiforme
135.025.130 Taraxacum laeticolor
135.025.124 Taraxacum horridifrons
135.025.118 Taraxacum hamatiforme
135.025.112 Taraxacum fusciflorum
135.025.109 Taraxacum hamiferum
135.025.095 Taraxacum breconense
135.025.086 Taraxacum pietii-oosterveldii
135.025.102 Taraxacum luteum
135.025.084 Taraxacum pseudonordstedtii
135.025.081 Taraxacum akteum
135.025.082 Taraxacum landmarkii
135.025.076 Taraxacum fulgidum
135.025.074 Taraxacum excellens
135.025.071 Taraxacum celticum
135.025.070 Taraxacum porteri
135.025.068 Taraxacum duplidentifrons
135.025.085 Taraxacum chlorofrugale
135.025.065 Taraxacum subbracteatum
135.025.062 Taraxacum bracteatum
135.025.061 Taraxacum gelertii

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