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Old 02-04-2009, 10:11 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Stewart Robert Hinsley Stewart Robert Hinsley is offline
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DaveP writes
The last looks as if it might be hairy bitter cress (Cardamine hirsuta).
(The easiest way to distinguish this from the less common wavy bitter
cress is to count stamens.)


Are you sure Stewart? Cardamine hirsuta has very different leaves to
the ones in the pic. They should be loosely pinnate with very rounded
leaflets in seedlings, later becoming narrower and somewhat rhomboid as
the plant matures. The op's plant shows simple, lanceolate leaves with
a tell-tale reddish tinge due to cold exposure. I won't beat about the
bush any further, it's not a 'wild flower' at all, it is the common
bedding 'Alyssum' - Lobularia maritima. It quite often pops up as a
'volunteer' plant and occasionally naturalises in well drained soils.


You're not looking at the same image. The one I was referring to was the
one with loosely pinnate leaves with rounded folioles.

I won't disagree with you about the other being Lobularia maritima.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley