| DEADNETTLE | With species including henbit and the purple/yellow archangel, a perennial in the mint family thought to be named for its virtue of not stinging, unlike plants with similar leaves in the genus Urtica |
| DEAD | - - - - nettle, plant of the lamium genus - yellow archangel, white or red (4) |
| RAPHAEL | An archangel; a painter |
| WHEATEAR | Small bird akin to the chat family, though common during migration in Mallorca it prefers to breed on the Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera (8) |
| INULA | Tall perennial in the Asteraceae with golden daisy flowers (5) |
| ASTER | Perennial in the daisy family |
| GENE | It's handed down in the family, though somewhat degenerate (4) |
| GAUNT | Good member of family, though lean and scraggy |
| MUMMIFY | Preserve one of the family, though trapped (7) |
| LUPINS | Perennials in the pea family with spires of flowers in most colours including blue, pink and purple (6) |
| FOXGLOVE | Herbaceous plant with purple, yellow or white bell like flowers, though the Balearic variety is usually a lighter pink in colour, it is toxic but has medicinal uses and is the source of the heart-stim |
| HYSSOP | Biblical za'atar with a ceremonial sprinkling role, hence a word for a holy-water aspergillum; or, a blue-flowered aromatic herb in the mint family (6) |
| PITTA | From the Greek for "cake or pie", a hollow oval "pocket" of flatbread for a filling; or, a colourful tropical bird with species including Elegant, Fairy, Graceful and Rainbow (5) |
| CICANIA | Member of the stork family with species including the Abdim's and Maguari (7) |
| PENNY | Word linking with "bun" for a cep, "farthing" for and early type of bike or "royal" for a herb in the mint family (5) |
| SKULLCAP | Plant in the mint family; or, a helmet worn by an equestrian/ jockey, often with a silk (8) |
| AGAPANTHUS | Also known as lily of the Nile, a herbaceous perennial in a subdivided family including amaryllis, daffodils, snowdrops and alliums (10) |
| TERN | A gull-like bird with species including arctic, elegant, fairy, royal and sandwich; or, a set of three (4) |
| ROSCOEA | Genus of perennials in the ginger (Zingiberaceae) family, with orchid-like flowers - oddly coarse with nothing inside (7) |
| ERIOPHYLLUM | Genus of north American perennials in the daisy family, with the common name of woolly sunflower (11) |
