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Field herbs near Waghäusel (between Mannheim and Karlsruhe)


Waghäusel is located in Southern Germany between Mannheim and Karlsruhe in the Upper Rhine Valley, which is blessed with warm climate. This page presents the plants, which I found on a fallow field near Waghäusel on 9 September 2006. The field had obviously been mown some weeks before, which provided enough light also for successful growing of small plants. Most of the determined plants were in bloom or seed stems; only few plants I could determine only according to leaves. In the beginning the frequent plants are shown:
Tripleurospermum perforatum / Scentless Mayweed Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Veronica persica / Common Field Speedwell Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.	Lysimachia arvensis / Scarlet Pimpernel, Poisonweed Primulaceae / Primrose Fam.
Erigeron canadensis / Canadian Fleabane Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Senecio vulgaris / Groundsel Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Centaurea cyanus / Cornflower Asteraceae / Composite Fam.
Sonchus asper / Prickly Sow-Thistle Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Crepis capillaris / Smooth Hawk's-Beard Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Gnaphalium uliginosum / Marsh Cudweed Asteraceae / Composite Fam.
Stellaria neglecta / Greater Chickweed Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.	Spergularia rubra / Sea Spurrey Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.	Myosotis arvensis / Field Forget-me-not Boraginaceae / Borrage Fam.
Oxalis stricta / Upright Oxalis Oxalidaceae / Wood-Sorrel Fam.	Viola arvensis / Field Pansy Violaceae / Violet Fam.	Veronica arvensis / Wall Speedwell Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.
Epilobium tetragonum ? / Square-Stalked Willowherb Onagraceae / Willowherb Fam. Persicaria mitis / Water-Pepper Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam. Rumex crispus / Curled Dock Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam.	Plantago major / Greater Plantain Plantaginaceae / Plantain Fam. Polygonum aviculare / Common Knotgrass, English Knotgrass Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam. Chenopodium album / Fat Hen Chenopodiaceae / Goosefoot Fam.	Solanum nigrum / Black Nightshade Solanaceae / Nightshade Fam. Persicaria maculosa / Redshank Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam. Echinochloa crus-galli / Cockspur Poaceae / Grass Fam.

The following plants were rare: I found only few single specimens or small populations:
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch Fabaceae / Legumes	Vicia hirsuta / Hairy Tare Fabaceae / Legumes	Trifolium arvense / Hare's-Foot Clover Fabaceae / Legumes
Trifolium repens / White Clover Fabaceae / Legumes	Lamium amplexicaule / Henbit Dead-Nettle Lamiaceae / Mint Fam.	Lamium purpureum / Red Dead-Nettle Lamiaceae / Mint Fam.
Draba verna agg. / Common Whitlowgrass Brassicaceae / Crucifers	Capsella bursa-pastoris / Shepherd's Purse Brassicaceae / Crucifers	Berteroa incana / Hoary Alyssum Brassicaceae / Crucifers
Brassica napus / Oilseed Rape, Rapeseed Brassicaceae / Crucifers	Oenothera biennis / Common Evening Primrose Onagraceae / Willowherb Fam.	Lycopsis arvensis subsp. arvensis / Bugloss Boraginaceae / Borrage Fam.
Senecio jacobaea / Common Ragwort Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Senecio inaequidens / Narrow-Leaved Ragwort Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Senecio vernalis / Eastern Groundsel Asteraceae / Composite Fam.
Hypochaeris radicata / Common Cat's-Ear Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Lactuca serriola / Prickly Lettuce Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia / Dandelion Asteraceae / Composite Fam.
Galinsoga parviflora / Gallant Soldier Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Solidago canadensis / Canadian Goldenrod Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Erigeron annuus / Tall Fleabane Asteraceae / Composite Fam.
Carduus crispus / Welted Thistle Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Cirsium arvense / Creeping Thistle Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Cirsium vulgare / Spear Thistle Asteraceae / Composite Fam.
Arctium lappa / Greater Burdock Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Achillea millefolium agg. / Yarrow Asteraceae / Composite Fam.	Tussilago farfara / Colt's-Foot Asteraceae / Composite Fam.
Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.	Spergula arvensis / Corn Spurrey Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.	Silene dioica / Red Campion Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.
Papaver dubium subsp. confine / Long-Headed Poppy Papaveraceae / Poppy Fam.	Linaria vulgaris / Common Toadflax Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.	Erodium cicutarium / Common Crane's-Bill, Philary Geraniaceae / Crane's-Bill Fam.
Geranium pusillum / Small-Flowered Crane's-Bill Geraniaceae / Crane's-Bill Fam.	Convolvulus arvensis / Field Bindweed Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.	Galium aparine / Cleavers, Sticky Willy Rubiaceae / Bedstraw Fam.
Plantago lanceolata / Ribwort Plantain Plantaginaceae / Plantain Fam.	Hypericum perforatum / Perforate St. John's-Wort Hypericaceae / St.John's Wort Fam.	Mercurialis annua / Annual Mercury Euphorbiaceae / Spurge Fam.
Rumex acetosella / Sheep's Sorrel Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam.	Fallopia convolvulus / Black Bindweed Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam.	Chenopodium polyspermum / Many-Seeded Goosefoot Chenopodiaceae / Goosefoot Fam.
Allium cepa / Onion Liliaceae / Lily Fam.	Lolium multiflorum / Italian Rye-Grass Poaceae / Grass Fam.	Phytolacca americana ? / Pokeberry Phytolaccaceae / Pokeweed Fam.

Some few of the shown pictures have not been photographed at the mentioned site, but the species have been available.