Lithospermum erythrorhizon - purple gromwell, red-root gromwell, 紫草 zicao (Pinyin: zǐcǎo), 紫草 murasaki･sō (Japanese)
There are many other woodland floor plants including Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula, Twayblade Neottia ovata, Gromwell Lithospermum officinale and Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scriptus.
Two nationally rare plants occur at Rodney Stoke: Purple Gromwell (Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum) and the endemic Whitebeam (Sorbus anglica).