More ID - help please

[rscott74]

I hope someone can help ID the plants below please.

The first was taken growing next to a large rock placed in a car park close to the beach at Seaham.

All I can say about 2 is that it has petals like Greater Stichwort but there the resemblance ends. The flowers are about 1 cm.

The third is cropping up everywhere and is attractive to Orange Tip butterflies

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[Bub-les]

1 Common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis
2 not sure
3 Cuckoo flower aka Ladysmock Caradamine pratensis
Barbara

[JennyS]

1. Doesn't look right for Scurvy grass - I can't see the seeds very well but have you checked out Pennycress?
2. Common Mouse-ear

[Bub-les]

I think 3 could be Sea Mouse ear Cerastium diffusum
Barbara

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by Bub-les

I think 3 could be Sea Mouse ear Cerastium diffusum
Barbara

1. Looks like Field Pennycress (Thlapsi arvense) to me
2. is Common Mouse-ear (C. fontanum) - Sea Mouse-ear has four petals not five

[JennyS]

I think 3 could be Sea Mouse ear Cerastium diffusum

No, 3 is definitely Cucckoo Flower.
Sea Mouse-ear is similar to Common Mouse-ear but usually with 4 petals and sepals.

[Bub-les]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

1. Looks like Field Pennycress (Thlapsi arvense) to me
2. is Common Mouse-ear (C. fontanum) - Sea Mouse-ear has four petals not five

Sorry I'm wrong again!!! Must try harder!!
Me thinks I need a better book as the picture shows 5 petals but the blurb says 4!
Barbara

[JennyS]

Me thinks I need a better book as the picture shows 5 petals but the blurb says 4!

Every so often (just to be awkward) Sea Mouse-ear does have 5 petals instead of 4.....need to check the bract edges and seeds to be 100% sure

[rscott74]

I'm grateful, as ever, for your help. Having followed up on your suggestions regarding Mouse Ear I think it's Common. I have an image against a measure and the flower is 1cm across - Sea would be half that size (from Wild Flower Key - Francis Rose)