Red List 2025: Vulnerable Species

TaxonVernacular NameThreat Category
Actaea spicataBaneberryVU
Aira caryophylleaSilver Hair-grassVU
Aira praecoxEarly Hair-grassVU
Alchemilla acutilobaStarry Lady’s-mantleVU
Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaHairy Lady’s-mantleVU
Alchemilla glomerulansClustered Lady’s-mantleVU
Alchemilla xanthochloraIntermediate Lady’s-mantleVU
Allium sphaerocephalonRound-headed LeekVU
Alopecurus aequalisOrange FoxtailVU
Alopecurus bulbosusBulbous FoxtailVU
Antennaria dioicaMountain EverlastingVU
Apium graveolensWild CeleryVU
Arabis hirsutaHairy Rock-cressVU
Arabis scabraBristol Rock-cressVU
Artemisia norvegicaNorwegian MugwortVU
Asparagus prostratusWild AsparagusVU
Asperula cynanchicaSquinancywortVU
Baldellia repensnanVU
Berberis vulgarisBarberryVU
Betonica officinalisBetonyVU
Bidens cernuaNodding Bur-marigoldVU
Bidens tripartitaTrifid Bur-marigoldVU
Bistorta viviparaAlpine BistortVU
Botrychium lunariaMoonwortVU
Briza mediaQuaking-grassVU
Calamagrostis scoticaScottish Small-reedVU
Calamagrostis strictaNarrow Small-reedVU
Callitriche hermaphroditicaAutumnal Water-starwortVU
Caltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldVU
Campanula glomerataClustered BellflowerVU
Campanula latifoliaGiant BellflowerVU
Campanula rotundifolia subsp. rotundifoliaHarebellVU
Cardamine impatiensNarrow-leaved Bitter-cressVU
Carex acutaSlender Tufted-sedgeVU
Carex appropinquataFibrous Tussock-sedgeVU
Carex distansDistant SedgeVU
Carex divisaDivided SedgeVU
Carex ericetorumRare Spring-sedgeVU
Carex flavaLarge Yellow-sedgeVU
Carex lachenaliiHare’s-foot SedgeVU
Carex limosaBog-sedgeVU
Carex maritimaCurved SedgeVU
Carex microglochinBristle SedgeVU
Carex pallescensPale SedgeVU
Carex rectaEstuarine SedgeVU
Carex vesicariaBladder-sedgeVU
Carex vulpinaTrue Fox-sedgeVU
Centaurea calcitrapaRed Star-thistleVU
Cephalanthera longifoliaNarrow-leaved HelleborineVU
Cerastium alpinumAlpine Mouse-earVU
Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticumScottish Mouse-earVU
Chaenorhinum minusSmall ToadflaxVU
Cherleria sedoidesCyphelVU
Cirsium acauleDwarf ThistleVU
Cirsium tuberosumTuberous ThistleVU
Clinopodium acinosBasil ThymeVU
Clinopodium menthifoliumWood CalamintVU
Crassula aquaticaPigmyweedVU
Crepis mollisNorthern Hawk’s-beardVU
Crepis praemorsaLeafless Hawk’s-beardVU
Cryptogramma crispaParsley FernVU
Cyperus fuscusBrown GalingaleVU
Cystopteris pseudoregiananVU
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruentananVU
Dactylorhiza viridisFrog OrchidVU
Daphne mezereumMezereonVU
Dasiphora fruticosaShrubby CinquefoilVU
Descurainia sophiaFlixweedVU
Dianthus gratianopolitanusCheddar PinkVU
Diapensia lapponicaDiapensiaVU
Eleocharis acicularisNeedle Spike-rushVU
Epipactis atrorubensDark-red HelleborineVU
Epipactis leptochila s.s.Narrow-lipped HelleborineVU
Epipactis palustrisMarsh HelleborineVU
Erigeron borealisAlpine FleabaneVU
Eriophorum gracileSlender CottongrassVU
Ervilia sylvaticaWood VetchVU
Erysimum cheiranthoidesTreacle-mustardVU
Erythranthe peregrinaNew MonkeyflowerVU
Euphorbia exiguaDwarf SpurgeVU
Euphrasia campbelliaeCampbell’s EyebrightVU
Euphrasia officinalis subsp. pratensisRostkov’s EyebrightVU
Fallopia dumetorumCopse-bindweedVU
Gagea bohemicaEarly Star-of-BethlehemVU
Galatella linosyrisGoldilocks AsterVU
Gentiana pneumonantheMarsh GentianVU
Gentianella amarella subsp. anglicananVU
Gentianella germanicaChiltern GentianVU
Geranium columbinumLong-stalked Crane’s-billVU
Gladiolus illyricusWild GladiolusVU
Helianthemum apenninumWhite Rock-roseVU
Helianthemum nummulariumCommon Rock-roseVU
Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. levigatumnanVU
Herniaria ciliolata subsp. ciliolataFringed RupturewortVU
Hippocrepis comosaHorseshoe VetchVU
Hordelymus europaeusWood BarleyVU
Hordeum marinumSea BarleyVU
Hottonia palustrisWater-violetVU
Hydrilla verticillataEsthwaite WaterweedVU
Hydrocharis morsus-ranaeFrogbitVU
Hydrocotyle vulgarisMarsh PennywortVU
Hylotelephium telephiumOrpineVU
Hymenophyllum tunbrigenseTunbridge Filmy-fernVU
Hymenophyllum wilsoniiWilson’s Filmy-fernVU
Hypericum montanumPale St John’s-wortVU
Hypochaeris maculataSpotted Cat’s-earVU
Hypopitys monotropaYellow Bird’s-nestVU
Iberis amaraWild CandytuftVU
Imperatoria ostruthiumMasterwortVU
Inula heleniumElecampaneVU
Isoetes histrixLand QuillwortVU
Jasione montanaSheep’s-bitVU
Juncus castaneusChestnut RushVU
Juncus compressusRound-fruited RushVU
Lactuca salignaLeast LettuceVU
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. galeobdolonnanVU
Lamium confertumNorthern Dead-nettleVU
Lathyrus aphacaYellow VetchlingVU
Lathyrus linifoliusBitter-vetchVU
Lathyrus sylvestrisNarrow-leaved Everlasting-peaVU
Leersia oryzoidesCut-grassVU
Lepidium heterophyllumSmith’s PepperwortVU
Limosella australisWelsh MudwortVU
Linaria repensPale ToadflaxVU
Linnaea borealisTwinflowerVU
Linum perennePerennial FlaxVU
Lobelia urensHeath LobeliaVU
Lysimachia foeminaBlue PimpernelVU
Maianthemum bifoliumMay LilyVU
Marrubium vulgareWhite HorehoundVU
Matthiola sinuataSea StockVU
Melampyrum cristatumCrested Cow-wheatVU
Melampyrum pratenseCommon Cow-wheatVU
Melampyrum sylvaticumSmall Cow-wheatVU
Melica nutansMountain MelickVU
Mentha arvensisCorn MintVU
Mertensia maritimaOysterplantVU
Moenchia erectaUpright ChickweedVU
Moneses unifloraOne-flowered WintergreenVU
Myosotis strictaUpright Forget-me-notVU
Myosurus minimusMousetailVU
Najas marinaHolly-leaved NaiadVU
Neottia nidus-avisBird’s-nest OrchidVU
Nepeta catariaCat-mintVU
Noccaea caerulescensAlpine Penny-cressVU
Oenanthe aquaticaFine-leaved Water-dropwortVU
Oenanthe fluviatilisRiver Water-dropwortVU
Oenanthe lachenaliiParsley Water-dropwortVU
Omalotheca norvegicaHighland CudweedVU
Omalotheca sylvaticaHeath CudweedVU
Ononis repensCommon RestharrowVU
Ophrys fucifloraLate Spider-orchidVU
Ophrys insectiferaFly OrchidVU
Orchis anthropophoraMan OrchidVU
Orchis militarisMilitary OrchidVU
Orchis simiaMonkey OrchidVU
Orobanche caryophyllaceaBedstraw BroomrapeVU
Orobanche picridisOxtongue BroomrapeVU
Orobanche rapum-genistaeGreater BroomrapeVU
Orthilia secundaSerrated WintergreenVU
Oxybasis urbicaUpright GoosefootVU
Oxytropis campestrisYellow OxytropisVU
Papaver dubium s.s.Long-headed PoppyVU
Paris quadrifoliaHerb-parisVU
Parnassia palustrisGrass-of-ParnassusVU
Pedicularis palustrisMarsh LousewortVU
Persicaria mitisTasteless Water-pepperVU
Phelipanche purpureaYarrow BroomrapeVU
Phyllodoce caeruleaBlue HeathVU
Physospermum cornubienseBladderseedVU
Pilosella flagellaris subsp. bicapitataShetland Mouse-Ear-HawkweedVU
Pilularia globuliferaPillwortVU
Platanthera bifoliaLesser Butterfly-orchidVU
Poa alpinaAlpine Meadow-grassVU
Poa flexuosaWavy Meadow-grassVU
Poa glaucaGlaucous Meadow-grassVU
Polygala calcareaChalk MilkwortVU
Polygala vulgarisCommon MilkwortVU
Polygala vulgaris subsp. vulgarisnanVU
Polygonatum odoratumAngular Solomon’s-sealVU
Polygonatum verticillatumWhorled Solomon’s-sealVU
Polygonum maritimumSea KnotgrassVU
Polystichum lonchitisHolly-fernVU
Potamogeton acutifoliusSharp-leaved PondweedVU
Potamogeton alpinusRed PondweedVU
Potamogeton epihydrusAmerican PondweedVU
Potamogeton friesiiFlat-stalked PondweedVU
Potamogeton lucensShining PondweedVU
Potamogeton praelongusLong-stalked PondweedVU
Potentilla cryeriGrassington CinquefoilVU
Poterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorbaSalad BurnetVU
Primula farinosaBird’s-eye PrimroseVU
Pseudorchis albidaSmall-white OrchidVU
Puccinellia fasciculataBorrer’s Saltmarsh-grassVU
Puccinellia rupestrisStiff Saltmarsh-grassVU
Pulicaria vulgarisSmall FleabaneVU
Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. rotundifoliananVU
Ranunculus tripartitusThree-lobed CrowfootVU
Roemeria hispidaRough PoppyVU
Romulea columnaeSand CrocusVU
Rorippa amphibiaGreat Yellow-cressVU
Rorippa sylvestrisCreeping Yellow-cressVU
Rubus saxatilisStone BrambleVU
Rumex alpinusMonk’s-rhubarbVU
Rumex aquaticusScottish DockVU
Ruppia spiralisSpiral TasselweedVU
Sabulina vernaSpring SandwortVU
Sagina nodosaKnotted PearlwortVU
Salix lanataWoolly WillowVU
Salix myrsinitesWhortle-leaved WillowVU
Salsola kaliPrickly SaltwortVU
Sambucus ebulusDwarf ElderVU
Saxifraga granulataMeadow SaxifrageVU
Saxifraga rivularisHighland SaxifrageVU
Scandix pecten-venerisShepherd’s-needleVU
Schedonorus pratensisMeadow FescueVU
Scorzonera humilisViper’s-grassVU
Sedum villosumHairy StonecropVU
Serratula tinctoriaSaw-wortVU
Silene conicaSand CatchflyVU
Silene gallicaSmall-flowered CatchflyVU
Silene noctifloraNight-flowering CatchflyVU
Silene nutansNottingham CatchflyVU
Silene suecicaAlpine CatchflyVU
Silene vulgarisBladder CampionVU
Sinapis albaWhite MustardVU
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrodVU
Sorbus anglicaEnglish WhitebeamVU
Sorbus devoniensisDevon WhitebeamVU
Sorbus eminens s.s.Round-leaved WhitebeamVU
Sorbus minimaLeast WhitebeamVU
Sorbus porrigentiformisGrey-leaved WhitebeamVU
Stachys arvensisField WoundwortVU
Stellaria nemorum subsp. montanananVU
Succisa pratensisDevil’s-bit ScabiousVU
Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. maritimananVU
Thesium humifusumBastard-toadflaxVU
Thymus pulegioidesLarge ThymeVU
Thysselinum palustreMilk-parsleyVU
Trifolium arvenseHare’s-foot CloverVU
Trifolium mediumZigzag CloverVU
Trifolium squamosumSea CloverVU
Trifolium strictumUpright CloverVU
Triglochin palustrisMarsh ArrowgrassVU
Trollius europaeusGlobeflowerVU
Tuberaria guttataSpotted Rock-roseVU
Valeriana dioicaMarsh ValerianVU
Valerianella dentataNarrow-fruited CornsaladVU
Veronica vernaSpring SpeedwellVU
Vicia lathyroidesSpring VetchVU
Vicia orobusWood Bitter-vetchVU
Viola caninaHeath Dog-violetVU
Viola canina subsp. caninananVU
Viola tricolorWild PansyVU
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolornanVU
Vulpia ciliataBearded FescueVU
Woodsia alpinaAlpine WoodsiaVU
Zannichellia obtusifoliaThin-leaved Horned-pondweedVU
Zannichellia palustrisHorned PondweedVU
Zostera marinaEelgrassVU
Zostera nolteiDwarf EelgrassVU

Source: A new vascular plant Red List for Great Britain

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