Stamens numerous. Carpels 1 to many. Fruit usually an achene or follicle, rarely a berry or capsule. Contains about 50 genera and 1900 species. Plants usually woody and climbing; leaves opposite or ...

Annual to perennial herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple; stipules often present. Flowers axillary, usually small and inconspicuous, solitary or in crowded cymes, monoecious or dioecious, ...

Thousands of volunteers counted millions of flora to produce a Plant Atlas covering the UK and Ireland. Britain is now one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. That decline in ...