Field Scabious Knautia arvensis

Field Scabious, also called Gypsy Rose or Pincushion Flower, is a medium to tall perennial of the Teazel family. The flowers are on long stalks and are a bluish-mauve; they form flat cushiony heads. The leaves are variable and deeply lobed. The stalks are a little hairy. The plant grows over the east, centre and south of the country, nearly always on limestone, on dry grass, road verges and dry banks. It is less common in the north and west. It is visited by butterflies and bees. The scabious of gardens, used for herbaceous borders, are derived not from this species but from, mainly, Scabiosa caucasica, or columbaria or atropurpurea. The name Scabious comes from a Latin word meaning itch; the English herbalist Culpeper recommended the use of this plant to cure skin disorders.
Flowering starts in June and continues until September.
Field Scabious grows over Britain and northern Europe, the Caucasus and western Siberia.

Kerry Lily Simethis planifolia

Kerry Lily is a small perennial. The flowers grow in a loose cluster and have six petals, white with purple veins. The leaves are narrow, greyish and grass-like; they grow up from the base and curl slightly. It is one of the rare plants of the British Isles, and in Ireland only grows in a small area of rocky ground near Derrynane, Kerry. The flowers appear in June and July.
      Kerry Lily is mainly a southern European plant and was not discovered in Ireland until the mid-nineteenth century. In 1848 the London Journal of Botany reports it as growing wild near Derrynane in ground which has 'never been turned up'. The discoverer was the Rev. Thaddeus O'Mahony, Professor of Irish at Trinity College, and a keen naturalist.
Kerry Lily only grows in one place in Britain, where it was almost certainly introduced. It is found in western and southern France and many Mediterranean countries including Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

Milkwort Polygala vulgaris

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Milkwort, or Common Milkwort, is a small perennial. The flowers are blue, or mauve, or even white with blue tips; they grow up in a spike. The leaves are narrow. It is common on dry grass and sandhills on calcareous soils all over the country. The name of the plant Polygala is from the Greek and means 'much milk'; it was believed to be good for the milk yield. In Ireland the juice of Milkwort was one of those used to cure warts. Common Milkwort can easily be confused with Heath Milkwort, Polygala serpyllifolia, a plant with shorter spikes and darker flowers, which grows in acid soil. The flowers are in bloom from May to August.
Common Milkwort grows widely in Europe, west Asia and North Africa.