Caergwrle plant for id please

black · #1 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 09:57 AM

Please can anyone identify this plant that I saw at Caergwrle on 26th April. It was growing on the edge of a small country lane beside a stone wall and adjacent to a clump of Crosswort.
Thanks

black · #2 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 11:18 AM

I've been googling, could this be Common Cornsalad?

Lance Morgan · #3 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 11:26 AM

Looks like it but I thought cornsalad was paler in flower.

Bub-les · #4 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 11:39 AM

I think its one of the forget-me-nots Myosotis sp
Barbara

poschiavanus · #5 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 01:26 PM

I'd agree with Bub-les, a forget-me-not. The furrow along the mid-rib of the leaf is very characteristic of the genus Myosotis.

poschiavanus

mrs fish · #6 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 04:26 PM

Looks like one of the forget-me-nots to me.

JennyS · #7 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 05:04 PM

Hi black, it is a Cornsalad, and possibly Keeled-fruited Cornsalad, Valerianella carinata.... but with cornsalad's you need the fruit as well for a definite ID

poschiavanus · #8 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 05:14 PM

Well that's one of my little rules-of-thumb blown away. After Jenny S.' comment I looked at the picture more closely and its pretty clear that the leaves are opposite! Plus the inflorescence doesn't fit forget-me-not either.

The good thing is that I've learnt something!

Thanks,

poschiavanus

black · #9 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 08:17 AM

Thanks Jenny S for the Cornsalad ID and everyone elese for your suggestions. I thought it looked pretty much like the Cornsalads on british wild flowers rather than a forget-me-not sp.