This page shows the list of wild or naturalised plants in bloom that have been reported across Republic of Ireland as part of the 2026 BSBI New Year Plant Hunt.

Recorded species

1
116
Taraxacum “Dandelions” ↑
native
flowering early
116
Bellis perennis “Daisy”
native
flowering early or late
3
113
Ulex europaeus “Gorse” ↑
native
flowering early
4
88
Senecio vulgaris “Groundsel” ↓
native
flowering expected
5
77
Poa annua “Annual Meadow-grass” ↓
native
flowering expected
6
68
Petasites pyrenaicus “Winter Heliotrope” ↑
neophyte
flowering expected
7
67
Sonchus oleraceus “Smooth Sow-thistle” ↑
native
flowering late
8
59
Geranium robertianum “Herb-Robert” ↑
native
flowering late
9
50
Euphorbia peplus “Petty Spurge”
archaeophyte
flowering expected
50
Jacobaea vulgaris “Common Ragwort” ↑
native
flowering late
11
44
Heracleum sphondylium “Hogweed” ↑
native
flowering late
44
Veronica persica “Common Field-speedwell” ↑
neophyte
flowering expected
13
41
Ranunculus repens “Creeping Buttercup” ↑
native
flowering early or late
14
38
Cymbalaria muralis “Ivy-leaved Toadflax”
neophyte
flowering late
15
34
Hedera helix s.l. “Common & Atlantic Ivy” ↑
native
flowering late
16
33
Lamium purpureum “Red Dead-nettle” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering early or late
17
32
Lapsana communis “Nipplewort” ↑
native or alien
flowering late
32
Cardamine hirsuta “Hairy Bitter-cress” ↑
native
flowering expected
19
30
Achillea millefolium “Yarrow” ↓
native
flowering late
30
Capsella bursa-pastoris “Shepherd's-purse” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering expected
30
Rubus fruticosus agg. “Brambles” ↑
native
flowering late
22
27
Dactylis glomerata “Cock's-foot” ↑
native
flowering late
23
24
Ficaria verna “Lesser Celandine” ↓
native
flowering early
24
Corylus avellana “Hazel” ↓
native
flowering expected
24
Sonchus asper “Prickly Sow-thistle” ↑
native
flowering late
26
22
Cardamine flexuosa “Wavy Bitter-cress” ↑
native
flowering late
27
21
Primula vulgaris “Primrose” ↑
native
flowering expected
28
18
Hypochaeris radicata “Cat's-ear” ↑
native
flowering late
18
Brassica rapa ↑
archaeophyte
flowering early
18
Leucanthemum vulgare “Oxeye Daisy” ↑
native
flowering early or late
18
Cerastium glomeratum “Sticky Mouse-ear” ↑
native
flowering early or late
18
Cerastium fontanum “Common Mouse-ear” ↑
native
flowering early or late
33
17
Stellaria media s.s. “Common Chickweed” ↓
native
flowering expected
17
Ranunculus acris “Meadow Buttercup” ↑
native
flowering early
17
Erigeron floribundus “Bilbao's Fleabane” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
36
16
Crepis capillaris “Smooth Hawk's-beard” ↓
native
flowering late
16
Ilex aquifolium “Holly” ↑
native
flowering early or late
16
Trifolium pratense “Red Clover” ↑
native
flowering late
39
15
Vicia sepium “Bush Vetch” ↑
native
flowering early or late
40
14
Allium triquetrum “Three-cornered Garlic” ↑
neophyte
flowering early
14
Erigeron karvinskianus “Mexican Fleabane”
neophyte
flowering late
42
13
Myosotis arvensis “Field Forget-me-not” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering early or late
13
Matricaria discoidea “Pineappleweed” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
44
12
Centranthus ruber “Red Valerian” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
45
11
Vinca major “Greater Periwinkle” ↓
neophyte
flowering early
11
Geum urbanum “Wood Avens” ↓
native
flowering late
47
10
Euphorbia helioscopia “Sun Spurge” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering late
48
9
Fumaria muralis “Common Ramping-fumitory” ↑
native
flowering late
9
Medicago lupulina “Black Medick” ↑
native
flowering early
9
Tripleurospermum maritimum s.s. “Sea Mayweed” ↑
native
flowering late
9
Arabidopsis thaliana “Thale Cress” ↑
native
flowering early
9
Potentilla sterilis “Barren Strawberry” ↑
native
flowering early
9
Lysimachia arvensis “Scarlet Pimpernel” ↑
native
flowering late
54
8
Arrhenatherum elatius “False Oat-grass” ↑
native
flowering late
8
Sagina procumbens “Procumbent Pearlwort” ↑
native
flowering late
8
Viola riviniana “Common Dog-violet” ↑
native
flowering early
8
Veronica chamaedrys “Germander Speedwell” ↑
native
flowering early
58
7
Viburnum tinus “Laurustinus” ↑
neophyte
flowering expected
7
Anthriscus sylvestris “Cow Parsley” ↓
native
flowering early
7
Veronica arvensis “Wall Speedwell” ↑
native
flowering early or late
7
Leycesteria formosa “Himalayan Honeysuckle” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
7
Ulex gallii “Western Gorse” ↑
native
flowering early
7
Campanula portenschlagiana “Adria Bellflower” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
64
6
Umbilicus rupestris “Navelwort” ↑
native
flowering late
6
Daucus carota “Carrots” ↑
native
flowering late
6
Smyrnium olusatrum “Alexanders” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering early
6
Brassica napus “Rape” ↑
neophyte
flowering early
6
Sinapis arvensis “Charlock” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering expected
6
Veronica serpyllifolia “Thyme-leaved Speedwell” ↑
native
flowering early or late
6
Erica cinerea “Bell Heather” ↑
native
flowering late
6
Calendula officinalis “Pot Marigold” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
6
Hieracium “Hawkweeds” ↑
native
flowering late
6
Sisymbrium officinale “Hedge Mustard” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering expected
6
Alnus glutinosa “Alder” ↑
native
flowering early
75
5
Saxifraga tridactylites “Rue-leaved Saxifrage” ↑
native
flowering early
5
Erophila verna s.s. “Common Whitlowgrass” ↑
native
flowering early
5
Fuchsia magellanica “Fuchsia” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
5
Fragaria vesca “Wild Strawberry” ↑
native
flowering early
5
Valerianella carinata “Keeled-fruited Cornsalad” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering early
5
Scorzoneroides autumnalis “Autumn Hawkbit” ↑
native
flowering late
81
4
Polypogon viridis “Water Bent” ↓
neophyte
flowering expected
4
Tripleurospermum inodorum “Scentless Mayweed” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering late
4
Geranium dissectum “Cut-leaved Crane's-bill” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering early or late
4
Juncus tenuis “Slender Rush” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
4
Torilis japonica “Upright Hedge-parsley” ↑
native
flowering late
4
Rhododendron ponticum “Rhododendron” ↑
neophyte
flowering early
4
Lepidium didymum “Lesser Swine-cress” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
4
Fumaria officinalis “Common Fumitory” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
4
Raphanus raphanistrum ↓
native
flowering late
4
Mercurialis annua “Annual Mercury” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering late
4
Armeria maritima “Thrift” ↑
native
flowering late
4
Filipendula ulmaria “Meadowsweet” ↑
native
flowering late
93
3
Cirsium palustre “Marsh Thistle” ↑
native
flowering late
3
Centaurium erythraea “Common Centaury” ↑
native
flowering late
3
Veronica hederifolia “Ivy-leaved Speedwell” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering early
3
Silene dioica “Red Campion” ↓
native
flowering early
3
Spergula arvensis “Corn Spurrey” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
3
Oxalis articulata “Pink-sorrel” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
3
Campanula poscharskyana “Trailing Bellflower” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
3
Escallonia rubra ↑
neophyte
flowering late
3
Teucrium scorodonia “Wood Sage” ↑
native
flowering late
3
Calluna vulgaris “Heather” ↑
native
flowering late
3
Parietaria judaica “Pellitory-of-the-wall” ↓
native
flowering late
3
Vinca minor “Lesser Periwinkle” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering early
3
Rumex crispus “Curled Dock” ↑
native
flowering late
3
Glebionis segetum “Corn Marigold” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
3
Stellaria graminea “Lesser Stitchwort” ↑
native
flowering early or late
3
Jacobaea aquatica “Marsh Ragwort” ↑
native
flowering late
3
Borago officinalis “Borage” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
3
Angelica sylvestris “Wild Angelica” ↑
native
flowering late
111
2
Atriplex patula “Common Orache” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Veronica polita “Grey Field-speedwell” ↓
neophyte
flowering expected
2
Lolium perenne “Perennial Rye-grass” ↓
native
flowering early or late
2
Erigeron canadensis “Canadian Fleabane” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
2
Arbutus unedo “Strawberry-tree” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Antirrhinum majus “Snapdragon” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
2
Stachys arvensis “Field Woundwort” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
2
Geranium molle “Dove's-foot Crane's-bill” ↓
native
flowering early or late
2
Bromus hordeaceus “Soft-brome” ↑
native
flowering early
2
Silene flos-cuculi “Ragged-Robin” ↑
native
flowering early
2
Tanacetum parthenium “Feverfew” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering late
2
Sherardia arvensis “Field Madder” ↓
native
flowering late
2
Mycelis muralis “Wall Lettuce” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
2
Cirsium vulgare “Spear Thistle” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Sinapis alba “White Mustard” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
2
Leontodon saxatilis “Lesser Hawkbit” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Cirsium arvense “Creeping Thistle” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Lobularia maritima “Sweet Alison” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
2
Scrophularia auriculata “Water Figwort” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Ruscus aculeatus “Butcher's-broom” ↓
neophyte
flowering expected
2
Galanthus “Snowdrops” ↓
neophyte
flowering expected
2
Urtica dioica “Common Nettle” ↓
native
flowering late
2
Aethusa cynapium “Fool's Parsley”
neophyte
flowering late
2
Brassica nigra “Black Mustard” ↑
native or alien
flowering late
2
Veronica montana “Wood Speedwell” ↑
native
flowering early
2
Polygala serpyllifolia “Heath Milkwort” ↑
native
flowering early or late
2
Viola arvensis “Field Pansy” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering late
2
Linaria purpurea “Purple Toadflax” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
2
Viola × ⁠wittrockiana “Garden Pansy” ↑
cultivated hybrid (native × alien)
flowering late
2
Trifolium dubium “Lesser Trefoil” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Tripolium pannonicum “Sea Aster” ↑
native
flowering late
2
Veronica × ⁠franciscana “Hedge Hebe” ↑
cultivated hybrid (alien × alien)
143
1
Hirschfeldia incana “Hoary Mustard” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
1
Pimpinella saxifraga “Burnet-saxifrage” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Galium aparine “Cleavers” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Sisymbrium orientale “Eastern Rocket” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Veronica officinalis “Heath Speedwell” ↑
native
flowering early or late
1
Foeniculum vulgare “Fennel” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Diplotaxis tenuifolia “Perennial Wall-rocket” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Hordeum murinum “Wall Barley” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering early or late
1
Stellaria pallida “Lesser Chickweed” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Pimpinella major “Greater Burnet-saxifrage” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Viola tricolor “Wild Pansy” ↑
native
flowering early or late
1
Trisetum flavescens “Yellow Oat-grass” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Sonchus tenerrimus “Slender Sow-thistle”
absent
1
Symphyotrichum × ⁠salignum “Common Michaelmas-daisy” ↑
cultivated hybrid (alien × alien)
flowering late
1
Lamium album “White Dead-nettle” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering late
1
Conopodium majus “Pignut” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Lamium hybridum “Cut-leaved Dead-nettle” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering early or late
1
Salvia verbenaca “Wild Clary” ↑
native
flowering early or late
1
Oenanthe crocata “Hemlock Water-dropwort” ↑
native
flowering early or late
1
Malva arborea “Tree-mallow” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Catapodium rigidum “Fern-grass” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Leucanthemum × ⁠superbum “Shasta Daisy” ↑
cultivated hybrid (alien × alien)
flowering late
1
Heracleum mantegazzianum “Giant Hogweed” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Orlaya grandiflora “Large-flowered Orlaya”
absent
1
Bromopsis ramosa “Hairy-brome” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Sedum album “White Stonecrop” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
1
Sonchus arvensis “Perennial Sow-thistle” ↓
native
flowering late
1
Galeopsis tetrahit agg. “Common Hemp-nettles” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Rumex obtusifolius “Broad-leaved Dock” ↓
native
flowering late
1
Centranthus macrosiphon “Spanish Valerian”
absent
1
Pilosella officinarum “Mouse-ear-hawkweed” ↑
native
flowering early or late
1
Anthyllis vulneraria “Kidney Vetch” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Rapistrum rugosum “Bastard Cabbage” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Senecio inaequidens “Narrow-leaved Ragwort” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
1
Acanthus mollis “Bear's-breech” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Prunus × ⁠subhirtella ↑
alien
1
Senecio sylvaticus “Heath Groundsel” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Potentilla anglica “Trailing Tormentil” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Leontodon hispidus “Rough Hawkbit” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Cotoneaster integrifolius “Entire-leaved Cotoneaster” ↑
neophyte
flowering early
1
Prunus laurocerasus “Cherry Laurel” ↑
neophyte
flowering early
1
Hedera colchica “Persian Ivy” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Chaenostoma cordatum “Bacopa” ↑
neophyte
1
Polygonum aviculare agg. “Knotgrass” ↓
native
flowering late
1
Senecio viscosus “Sticky Groundsel” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
1
Quercus petraea “Sessile Oak” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Briza maxima “Greater Quaking-grass” ↑
neophyte
flowering early
1
Rubia peregrina “Wild Madder” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Viola reichenbachiana “Early Dog-violet” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Pentaglottis sempervirens “Green Alkanet” ↓
neophyte
flowering early
1
Sanicula europaea “Sanicle” ↑
native
flowering early or late
1
Narcissus “Daffodils” ↑
neophyte
flowering expected
1
Viola × ⁠contempta ↑
spontaneous hybrid (native × native)
flowering early or late
1
Hypericum androsaemum “Tutsan” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Crocosmia × ⁠crocosmiiflora “Montbretia” ↑
cultivated hybrid (alien × alien)
flowering late
1
Erophila glabrescens “Glabrous Whitlowgrass” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Schoenus nigricans “Black Bog-rush” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Primula veris “Cowslip” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Erica lusitanica “Portuguese Heath” ↑
neophyte
flowering expected
1
Poa pratensis s.s. ↑
native
flowering early
1
Helminthotheca echioides “Bristly Oxtongue” ↓
archaeophyte
flowering late
1
Kickxia elatine “Sharp-leaved Fluellen” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
1
Ranunculus bulbosus “Bulbous Buttercup” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Clematis vitalba “Traveller's-joy” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Crithmum maritimum “Rock Samphire” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Tussilago farfara “Colt's-foot” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Blackstonia perfoliata “Yellow-wort” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Solanum nigrum “Black Nightshade” ↓
neophyte
flowering late
1
Bellis annua
absent
1
Stachys sylvatica “Hedge Woundwort” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Mentha aquatica “Water Mint”
native
flowering late
1
Valeriana officinalis “Common Valerian” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Euphorbia paralias “Sea Spurge” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Betula pendula “Silver Birch” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Ehrharta erecta ↑
neophyte
1
Eranthis hyemalis “Winter Aconite” ↑
neophyte
flowering expected
1
Petasites hybridus “Butterbur” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Valerianella locusta “Common Cornsalad” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Jasione montana “Sheep's-bit” ↑
native
flowering early or late
1
Anisantha sterilis “Barren Brome” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering early
1
Erinus alpinus “Fairy Foxglove” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Rumex acetosa “Common Sorrel” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Plantago coronopus “Buck's-horn Plantain” ↓
native
flowering early
1
Brachypodium sylvaticum “False Brome” ↑
native
flowering late
1
Myrica gale “Bog-myrtle” ↑
native
flowering early
1
Centaurea jacea “Brown Knapweed” ↑
neophyte
flowering late
1
Trifolium purpureum “Purple Clover” ↑
neophyte
1
Euphorbia exigua “Dwarf Spurge” ↑
archaeophyte
flowering late
1
Chondrilla juncea “Skeletonweed”
absent
1
Barbarea vulgaris “Winter-cress” ↑
native
flowering early

Summaries

Overall flowering counts

species countrecord count (all lists)
Early524520
Early or Late263144
Expected206635
Late1249893
Not determined10
Total sp count232

Native flowering counts

species countrecord count (all lists)
Early383443
Early or Late212133
Expected63581
Late685512
Not determined0
Total sp count133