Six more for ID/confirmation, please

[Pete Collins]

1. I took this yesterday at Wilstone Reservoir near Tring. I think it is a better example of the Goldilocks Buttercup that people kindly identified for me the other day.




The remaining photos were taken from my stumblings along the Bucks/Herts border in the Chiltern Hills today:-

2. I think this one is Wood Speedwell.




3. This is obviously a Violet, but which one please?






4. I think this is another example of Wavy Bittercress (which Tiggrx and Bub-les ID'd for me yesterday) - a close-up of one of the photos shows that it has the correct number of stamens (6):






5. A buttercup (obviously!) but which one please?





6. Sorry, I haven't been able to work this last one out at all. If it's any help it was beside a woodland path (next to what I think is the Wood Speedwell), on presumably rather chalky soil as I was in the Chiltern Hills.

[schlocky]

6. looks like yellow pimpernell

[schlocky]

pretty sure 2. is wood speedwell - strongly-toothed oval leaves, pale foliage long racemes. Goldilocks is distinguised from all other buttercups by it's kidney-shaped basal leaves (from 'the wild flower key' by Francis Rose)

[Adam Cheeseman]

First Buttercup is Goldilocks. The second looks like it could be Bulbous, check the sepals to see if they are bent back over themselves.
I would agree with the last one being Yellow Pimpernel.

Incidentally the day after I replied to your Goldilocks enquiry I found three plants myself whilst doing some Phase 2 survey work. Turned out to be the first ones recorded in the Borough.

Chers,

Adam

[Pete Collins]

Doh! I should have thought of Yellow Pimpernel, as I remember seeing it when I was looking through one of my wildflower books the other day.

Thanks for all the replies so far.

[Pete Collins]

Any views on what type of Violet it is? And is it Wavy Bittercress?

Thanks.

[Tiggrx]

It is Wavy Bittercress.

As to the violet, it looks like Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana), though the spur is rather dark - this might indicate that it is a hybrid with Early Dog-violet (Viola reichenbachiana) or it might not... (Viola riviniana var. nemorosa has a dark spur)

Originally Posted by Pete Collins

Any views on what type of Violet it is? And is it Wavy Bittercress?

Thanks.

[Pete Collins]

Thanks very much Tiggrx!