Carnation & Campion (Pink) Family [Caryophyllaceae] |
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17th May 2007, Kern Farm, IoW. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
These specimens straggling about close to the Earth. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
A straggly annual up to 40cm long but rarely reaching that height on account of rampant agoraphobia, preferring to lie about close to the ground, but can also be erect. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers on long slender stalks. Leaves pointed ovate. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Hairy-edged leaves somewhat wavy. Flower has 5 white petals, and a long white three-pronged stigma. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The five sepals are long and pointed, twice as long as the petals. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
A green ovary grows in the centre. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Surrounded by 10 narrow white stamens. Sepals are paler at the edges. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Petals are rounded at the ends. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
A young leafy branch. Stems of leaves may redden. Leaves have three (to five) veins (nerves) and a short spicule at the tip. |
10th April 2014, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Adlington, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Young leaves not yet taking on their broad-lanceolate shape. The nerves are better seen from the rear of the leaf. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
An established plant sprawling about behind a tree on a disused railway embankment. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Their near-symmetry is striking when isolated. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
With flowers turning to fruit. Sepals long and narrow. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaf veins 3 to 5, and visible either by transmitted light. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaf-veins not as obvious from the front. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaf veins prominent from behind. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
The plant is covered in short curled-over hairs. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Flower turned to fruit (which still has the stigmas attached) within the long narrow sepals, which have a thin white broad border. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
The as-yet un-ripe fruit. |
Not to be semantically confused with : Sand Spurrey, The leaves are like those of : Chickweeds, such as Greater Chickweed (Stellaria neglecta) and Water Chickweed (Myosotum aquaticum) but the flowers do not have deep cuts in them as these do but un-like those of any other Sandwort. Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature : Widespread and fairy common on rich humus soils of ancient woodlands or hedges, but decreasing. There are numerous plants with the common name 'Sandwort', but many are in differing Genera such as Arenaria, Minuartia, Honckenya except this one which is in the Moeringia genus with just one species within.
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Moehringia | trinervia | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Caryophyllaceae |
Moehringia (Three-Nerved Sandwort) |
Carnation & Campion (Pink) Family [Caryophyllaceae] |