Wild Flowers
The Poitou-Charentes lies at the confluence of two mountain ranges (the Armorican and Central) and two basins (Paris and Aquitaine).
This particular geological setting creates a general geomorphology of plains and plateaus and a wide variety of soils. The coastal area has long rocky islands and bays with sediment and silt.
The climate of this region is oceanic, enjoying plenty of sunshine which means that it accommodates a remarkable array of southern plants such as the yellow Ophrys, the milky thistle as well as other Mediterranean species.
Blue
- Chicory Jun-Sep
- Columbine May-Jun
- Ground Ivy Gleochoma Hederacea Apr-Jun
- Common Dog Voilet Viola Caninca Mar-Apr
- Bluebell Endymion Non Scriptus April
- Speedwell
- Purple Gromwell Apr-Jun
- Columbine Aquilegia Vulgaris May-Jun
- Heath Speedwell May-Aug
- Bugle Ajuga Reptans Apr-Jun
- Field Scabious Jun-Oct
- Cornflower Jun-Aug
- Meadow Clary Jun-Jul
- Perriwinkle March
- Borage May-Sep
- Field Forgetmenot Apr-Oct
- Grape Hyacinth Muscari Botryoides Mar-May
- Corn Salad Valerianella Locusta Apr-May
- Germander Speedwell April
- Thyme Leaved Speedwell
Indigo & Violet
- Spreding Bellflower Jun-Jul
- Rest Harrow Ononis Repens Jul-Sep
- Bittersweet May-Sep
- Spring Vetch Vicia Lathyroides Apr-May
- Narrow Leaved Lungwort Pulmonaria Longifolia Apr-May
- Meadow Clary Salvia Pratensis Jun-Jul
- Red Dead Nettle Lamium Purpureum April
- Slender thistle Carduus Tenuiflorus May-Aug
- Common Spotted Orchid Jun-Aug
- Marsh Helleborine Jul-Aug
- Hyacinth Muscari Comosum April
- Lizzard Orchid Himantoglossum Hircinum May-June
- Lurcerne Medicago Sativa Jun-Oct
- Heather of Ling Calluna Vulgaris Jun-Sep
- Hedge Woundwort May-Sep
- Field Bindweed Jun-Sep
- Green Winged Orchis Anacamptis Morio April
- Fodder Vetch Jun-Nov
- Hemp Agrinomy Aug-Sept
- Wild Thyme Thymus Serpyllum Jun-Sep
- Rock Sea Lavender Jul-Sep
- Ground Ivy Gleochoma Hederacea Apr
- Orpine Sedum Telephium Jul-Sep
- Ivy Leaved Toadflax Apr-Nov
- Dog Rose Rosa Canina May-Jun
- Fragant Orchid Jun-Jul
Red, Orange & Pink
- Spring-Vetch Apr-May
- Fodder-Vetch Jun-Nov
- Heather-or-Ling Jun-Sep
- Broomrape Jun-Sep
- Ragged Robin May-Aug
- Herb Robert Apr-Nov
- Red Campion Mar-Nov
- Musk Mallow Jul-Aug
- Fragrant Orchid Jun-Jul
- Red Clover May-Okt
- Common Poppy Jun-Oct
- Red Daad Nettle Mar-Oct
- Mallow Dwarf Jun-Sep
- Lizard Orchid Jun-Jul
- Long Headed Poppy Jun-Aug
- Common Fumitory May-Sep
- Early Purple Orchid Apr-Jun
- Field Bindweed June-Sep
- Orpine Jul-Sep
- Rest Harrow May-Sep
- Depford Pink Jun-Aug
- Slender Thistle May-Aug
- Autumn Crocus Aug-Sep
Yellow
- Birdsfoot Trefoil May-Sep
- Crosswort Cruciata Laevipes April
- Ladies Bedstraw Jun-Sep
- Mountain Clover May-Jul
- Common Toadflax Jun-Oct
- Tormentil May-Sep
- Herb Bennet May-Jun
- Spotted Medick April
- Horseshoe Vetch May-Jun
- Slender St Johns Wort Jul-Sep
- Ragwort Jun-Nov
- Cinquefoil Potentilla Jun-Sep
- Cowslips Primula Veris April
- Fringed Water Lily Jun-Sep
- Yellow Flag Iris
- Wallflower Apr-Jun
- Meadow Vetchling May-Aug
- St John Wort Jun-Sep
- Agrimony Jun-Aug
- Greater Callandine May-Oct
- Field Pansy Apr-Nov
- Rock Rose May-Sep
- Weld Reseda Jun-Sep
- Sun Spurge May
- Lesser Cellandine Ranunculus Mar-Apr
- Wild Parsnip Jun-Sep
- Bulbous Buttercup April
- Meadow Buttercup May-Jun
- Weld Jun-Sep
- Scentless Mayweed Apr-Oct
- Wood Spurge Apr-May
- Common Wintercress May-Jun
- Rock Samphire Jul-Oct
- Goldilocks Ranunculus
- Corydalis May-Sep
- Hawkweed
White
- Wild-Carrot Jun-Sep
- Ox-eye Daisy May-Sep
- Bladder Campion May-Sep
- Mountain Cinquefoil Potentilla Montana April
- Field Bindweed
- Common Solomon Seal May-Jun
- Lesser Butterfly Orchid June
- Daisy Bellis Perennis
- Meadowsweet Jun-Sep
- Garlic Mustard Apr-May
- White Asphodel
- Daisy Bellis Perennis Spring-Summer
- Greater Stitchwort Stellaria Holstea Apr-May
- White Asphodel May-Jun
- White Campion May
- Bastard Balm May-Jul
- White Bryonia May-Sep
- Cow Parsley
- Hedge Bedstraw Jun-Sep
- Spiked Star of Bethlehem May-Jul
- Spotted Orchid June
- Scentless Mayweed Apr-Okt