British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants
eBook - PDF

British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants

A Pocket Guide

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants

A Pocket Guide

About this book

A highly illustrated and portable identification guide to the most common wild flowers and other plants


This innovative photographic guide covers the most common wild flowers and other plants found in Britain and Ireland, as defined by the very latest distribution maps. It is designed so that anyone faced with an unfamiliar wild plant can confidently put a name to the species or recognise that it is a less common plant needing further investigation. The identification process is based on standard botanical features that are straightforwardly described, clearly illustrated and supported by a simple visual key to families. This book can be your springboard into the wider world of botanical identification, wherever you are, and of plants both common and rare.

  • Covers the plants most likely to be seen, including those in coastal areas
  • Includes more than 3,800 colour photographs, with macro images of key features when needed
  • Features a friendly, easy-to-use design and text written in plain English, with essential botanical terms described and illustrated

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants by Rachel Hamilton,Chris Gibson,Robert Still in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Botany. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introducing the Book
  4. Why and How are Plants Classified and Named
  5. The Structure of the Book
  6. How to Use this Book
  7. Looking at Plants: Some Practicalities
  8. Getting to the Right Group of Plants
  9. The Broad Groups Used in this Book
  10. Plants: Knowing the Parts
  11. Pteridophytes
  12. Gymnosperms
  13. Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  14. Flowering Plants
  15. How to Identify Plants
  16. The Broad Groups Roadmap Key
  17. Plants Not Green
  18. Aquatic Plants
  19. Woody Plants
  20. By Flowers
  21. By Leaves
  22. By Fruit
  23. By Winter Twigs
  24. Herbaceous Flowering Plants
  25. Conspicuous Flower Identification
  26. Flowering Plant Galleries
  27. Characters of Flowering Plants in the Book
  28. The Species Accounts
  29. Index
  30. Acknowledgements