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Key Native Wildflowers of Wales and Their Biodiversity Value
Wildflower | Supports | |
Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) | Marsh fritillary butterfly larvae, bumblebees, hoverflies, solitary bees. Important in South Wales grasslands. | |
Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) | Common blue butterfly, dingy skipper, numerous moth species, bumblebees. | |
Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) | One of the most valuable nectar plants for butterflies, bees, hoverflies and beetles. | |
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) | Pollinating flies, beetles, bees and seed-eating birds. | |
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) | Long-tongued bumblebees, particularly common carder bee and buff-tailed bumblebee. | |
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) | Suppresses vigorous grasses, allowing many other wildflowers to thrive; indirectly benefits pollinators. | |
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) | Hoverflies, beetles and moths. | |
Cuckooflower / Lady's Smock (Cardamine pratensis) | Larval foodplant for orange-tip butterflies. | |
Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare) | Extremely attractive to bees and hoverflies. | |
Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) | Honeybees, bumblebees, butterflies and moths. | |
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) | Foodplant for orange-tip and green-veined white butterflies. | |
Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) | Bumblebees and specialist insects. | |
Marsh Violet (Viola palustris) | Foodplant for fritillary butterflies. | |
Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) | Essential larval foodplant for fritillary butterflies. | |
Dyer's Greenweed (Genista tinctoria) | Specialist bees and other pollinating insects. | |
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) | Supports specialist pollinator interactions and increases habitat diversity. | |