Help Please on this flower.......

[hooklink]

I have tried this image on several web sites similar to this one, and as yet no one has come up with a solid suggestion for this plant. I found it growing on a coastal path on Portland, and there was only one clump of it. So far this site has come to my rescue on a number of occasions, so please see if any one can sort this one out.....

[agrumpycow]

Flowers look like Pink Sorrel?

[Hornbeam]

A sight of the leaves would clinch it, but I agree. Its a garden escape. See: Pink-Sorrel

[C C]

I was thinking a sea lavender of some sort.

[hooklink]

Well that did not take long, I knew I could rely on this site, thanks very much...

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by hooklink

I have tried this image on several web sites similar to this one, and as yet no one has come up with a solid suggestion for this plant. I found it growing on a coastal path on Portland, and there was only one clump of it. So far this site has come to my rescue on a number of occasions, so please see if any one can sort this one out.....

Pink Oxalis: garden jobby

Cheers,

Adam

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Hornbeam

A sight of the leaves would clinch it, but I agree. Its a garden escape. See: Pink-Sorrel

Very good point Hornbeam - I could make several things of these flowers but the leaves would be distinctive! A plea to everyone flowers in the picture, of course, but also the leaves along with some idea of the size ....

[Tiggrx]

while I would agree it is always useful to have leaves in a picture, in this case I think it may have been difficult.
I grow quite a several plants of this species in my garden and frequently find that the leaflets 'disappear' leaving naked leaf stalks - you can see quite a few of these in hooklink's picture. It seems to be a feature of this species

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

while I would agree it is always useful to have leaves in a picture, in this case I think it may have been difficult.
I grow quite a several plants of this species in my garden and frequently find that the leaflets 'disappear' leaving naked leaf stalks - you can see quite a few of these in hooklink's picture. It seems to be a feature of this species

Oh. Have never noticed it ... could it be the slugs? The stems do look as if they may have been nibbled ...

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Pink Oxalis: garden jobby

Cheers,

Adam

Isn't this the same this as Pink Sorrel?
And Garden Jobby sound like something I have to pick up after my dogs have been out in the morning