Not the prettiest name for a very pretty flower...Common Dog-violets start to bloom in early Spring, with a second flush in late Summer.
Photo: Amanda Scott

From August to September, the golden flowers of Common Fleabane brighten up damp meadows and stream edges on the Lizard.
Photo: Steve Townsend

A valuable source of nectar for insects in late summer, Common Knapweed is a common sight on the grasslands and scrub of The Lizard from July to September.
Photo: Steve Townsend

The grassy cliff tops of the Lizard are full of Common Milkwort in summer – the coastal path between Coverack and Lowland Point is one good place to spot this delicate, pretty plant.
Photo: Amanda Scott

 The lovely Cornish Heath, in Great Britain only found growing naturally on the serpentine rocks of The Lizard, starts to flower in mid-summer. 

Photo: Amanda Scott

Not much beats a meadow full of golden buttercups.
Photo: Steve Townsend 

The flushed pink flowers of Cuckooflower can be spotted in damp meadows and on stream banks in the spring.
Photo: Steve Townsend

Noted for being the larval food plant of the nationally rare Marsh Fritillary butterfly, Devil’s-bit Scabious is lovely in its own right. You can find it flowering on Mullion Cliffs in late summer into autumn. 
Photo: Steve Townsend

Watch out for the red stems of the parasitic plant Dodder scrambling over gorse and heather. It flowers between July and September.
Photo: Ray Lawman

Found mainly in woodlands and hedgerows, Dog's Mercury is far from showy, but is distinguished by being one of the earlier plants to flower each year.
Photo: Steve Townsend