Many wildflowers have finished flowering by September but a few can still be found in bloom. Many species can be easily recognised even without flowers, usually from their leaves.
The key ID features to look for are in bold. If you think you've found the plants below, take a photo and submit a record - we will then check it for you. For more guides see Learn Wildflowers
Bristly Oxtongue
The bristly leaves make this easy to identify, even when not in flower. The branched growth can produce numerous flowers - June to November.
ID: Medium to tall. Very bristly leaves - each bristle arising from a pimple. Yellow flowers, bracts with bristly margins and the outer heart-shaped.
Broad-leaved Dock
Common on disturbed ground and poor quality grassland.Flowers June-October, producing tall red-brown spikes.
ID: Medium - tall. Large oblong leaves that are wavy-edged, the lower leaves heart-shaped at their base.
Autumn Hawkbit
Despite its name, it often starts blooming in June. It doesn't grow tall so favours short grass such as the edge of verges.
ID: Leaves with finger-like lobes. Yellow, dandelion-like flowers, usually with red streaks under the petals. Flower capsule tapers into the stem.
Redshank
June-October. An annual that favours waste ground and bare soil - often growing in cultivated field margins. Could be confused with Amphibious Bistort if near water.
ID: Short to medium. Pink flowers in short spikes. Leaves lanceolate, tapered at base, often with a large black blotch.
Field Horsetail
Horsetails are not wildflowers but related to ferns. However Field Horsetail is very common on waste ground, cultivated land and even gardens, so it is useful to be able to recognise it. It produces light brown cones in spring on thick pale stems. There are other Horsetail species that look similar.
ID: 20-80cm. Erect green stem with thin green branches in whorls. Black teeth at each whorl without white edges.
