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Originally Posted by davidbr

And, as I said, I've got some photos from my New Forest trip that I need some help in identifying... so here we go All suggestions welcome

1:

This, photographed at Martin Down, Wiltshire (next to where I found the Pasqueflower) is supposed to be Chalk Milkwort according to the reserve info on the Net, but I'm just not sure - what do people think? Chalk Milkwort, or just the common one?

2:

Could this be Dwarf Mouse-ear (Cerastium pumilum)? Found in the New Forest (at Bolderwood) in short grass by the side of a road, it certainly looked small enough and apparently one of the ID features of C. pumilum is the red stems.

3:

I can't make up my mind what this hawkbit-type daisy is; taken at Holmsley, the site for Narrow-leaved Lungwort.

4:

Growing on the sea wall at Keyhaven, I'm pretty sure this is some kind of pepperwort (Lepidium)?

5:

This was another shrub naturalised near our base at Avon Tyrrell; I'm fairly sure it's a member of the Ericaceae, but I've not been able to get any further with ID. The nearest I've found is Calico-bush, Kalmia latifolia, but the leaves still don't look right.

6:

Another one from Martin Down in Wiltshire; any chance this might be Dwarf Gorse, or is it just where they've cleared the scrub and it's reflowering?

1. I would say Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris). Chalk Milkwort is rarely pink or white flowered, while Common frequently is. Also the leaves in the blue flowered specimen look more like Common M. I expect the flowerheads will become less dense as they mature.

2. Not a plant I am familiar with but I think you are right.

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4. Maybe Smith's Cress (Lepidium heterophyllum) but best to look at a mature fruit under magnification to be sure.

5. Looks like Shallon (Gaultheria shallon) to me.

5. Common Gorse - dwarf gorse flowers much later in the year