Jelly Ear (species profile)
Jelly Ear fungus can be spotted in the autumn and right through winter. It is usually found on dead or dying Elder wood.
Photo: Terry Thirlaway
Kidney Vetch (species profile)
The books say Kidney Vetch blooms from June, but this is The Lizard, so it flowers from May. Look out for it on cliff tops and sand dunes from late spring through into summer.
Photo: Amanda Scott
Land Quillwort (species profile)
Look out for the ‘Catherine Wheel’ leaf rosettes of Land Quillwort between autumn and spring, a plant that, in mainland Britain, is only found on the Lizard.
Photo: Steve Townsend
Lesser Celandine (species profile)
The bright buttery glint of Lesser Celandine in the hedgerows and fields is a welcome early sign of spring.
Photo: Steve Townsend
Lesser Centaury (species profile)
Watch out for Lesser Centaury in summer and early autumn along coastal clifftops.
Photo: Steve Townsend
Lesser Water-plantain (species profile)
This pretty three-petalled plant can be found in the summer at the edges of water and in boggy puddles. Good places to look are Goonhilly, Windmill Farm and the Grochall Track down to Kynance.
Photo: Amanda Scott
Long-headed Clover (species profile)
Long-headed Clover, one of the the Lizard’s clover specialities, flowers on the cliffs at Caerthillian in early summer.
Photo: Steve Townsend
Marsh Ragwort (species profile)
Marsh Ragwort can be seen flowering in the marshier places and wet meadows on the Lizard from high summer to early autumn.
Photo: Steve Townsend
Oak Marble Gall (species profile)
Oak Marble Galls are a common gall on oak trees.
Photo: Ray Surridge
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage (species profile)
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage is a low, spreading plant that lights up damp shady places with a golden glow in spring.
Photo: Steve Townsend