Thread: Wildflower ID?
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Old 30-03-2009, 07:47 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Hill Dave Hill is offline
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Default Wildflower ID?

On 30 Mar, 19:09, DaveP wrote:
Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. *I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. *It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.


Nice picture but I always find it helps to see a leaf or two as well.
David Hill