Course: Identifying Wildflower Families - Online

Develop your botanical knowledge as you begin to explore the most common UK wildflower families in this beginner to intermediate online course. Becoming familiar with the most common families is a great way to start your botanical identification journey.

Wildflowers colour the British landscape, they are incredibly diverse with over 3000 species in the UK.

What is covered in this course?

• Identify the key distinguishing features of – Rosaceae (rose), Ranunculaceae (buttercup), Caryophyllaceae (campion), Brassicaceae (cabbage) and Fabaceae (pea).
• Identify the key distinguishing features of – Apiaceae (carrot), Asteraceae (daisy), Lamiaceae (dead-nettle), Plantaginaceae (plantain) and Orchidaceae (orchid).

This is a 2-week online course covering 2 topics, for which you will complete a variety of self-led online resources and activities. Each topic is then concluded with an interactive Zoom workshop to complement the online content. Time commitment is approximately 2-3 hours a week and an E-certificate is provided upon completion.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Understand why identifying key family characteristics of a plant is a useful tool to work towards identifying a plant to species-level.
• List the key features of the 10 most common wildflower families
• Identify common species within the families covered
• Share this knowledge with friends, family and fellow volunteers.

This course is eligible for a student discount. If you are a current student, please use discount code BioStudent20 at checkout for 20% off.

Please refer to the Field Studies Council website for further information and to book.