Growing in permanently moist/wet area. Haven't seen this in the garden before. Pic 3 shows odd blades of grass growing through it. Cannot find it in any of our books. Help please.
The whole flower structure looks different on Parnassia. If you zoom in and look closely at the inside if a single pink flower it is filled with a sort of fluff. http://images.google.com/images?q=P...1I7SUNA_en-GB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi http://images.google.com/images?q=P...1I7SUNA_en-GB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi The pink flowers do not seem to show any stalks, nestled right on top of the leaves. It is exceedingly low growing, barely taller than the depth of a key. The leaves are sort of succulent, in pairs, clasping. Thank you for the suggestion.
Uhm, indeed! Close view shows something completely different. Something average between sedum and saxifraga with fur...
Here is what I stumbled upon: http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=7164 If you google for Callitriche antarctica images, the first one (leaves only) looks alike yours. As for flowers, nobody cares to shoot them for most of Callitriche species.
Gosh, you must have worked hard to find Callitriche antarctica. You are right the leaves are rather similar. http://images.aad.gov.au/img.py/15d.jpg I still feel that it is not THE one. It may be a garden escapee. I will try and watch it to see what the seeds/ berries are like for more clues. Thank you for trying, much apreciated.
:)) I am just constantly digging for my own stuff, while keeping in mind few things that people ask for.
Thank you David, the flowers do look exactly like Anagallis tenella! http://images.google.com/imgres?img...n-gb:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&sa=N&um=1 Leaves not quite right, but it is possibly a very close relative. I will have a look at other Anagallis. P.S. added! Difficult to believe that the Scarlet pimpernell, Anagallis arvensis, is even related to A. tenella. P.S. Just realised the pointy leaves, in link, do not belong to the Anagallia. See post further down!!!!
Something else I have noticed .. when the sun is out, the flowers open. On grey days they stay closed. David, just had a look at this site. From what I can see leaves look like our plant. I think I will say mystery solved. Thanks. http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/primulaceae/anagallis-tenella.htm P.S. Found a description that fits exactly with Bog pimpernel, Anagallis tenella. How on earth did I overlook it! "5-15cm long.A delicate, creeping, rooting, hairless perennial with usually opposite, nearly orbicular leaves.... 4-9mm long. Funnel shaped flowers are up to 14mm across, opening in sunshine,solitary on wiry stalks in leaf axils;corolla lobes are white with reddish veins. Flowering May -September.Found in fens, bogs and damp places." Thanks again.
