Flowers for ID/confirmation

[chrishorak]

These are a few flowers from a weekend walk. I may have identified some from my books, but they are basic and I could be way off with some.

1. White Bryony?


2. White star shaped flower that has bindweed type leaves


3. Small Balsam?


4. Indian Balsam?


5. Yarrow?


6. Spearmint? Had a very strong mint smell


Thanks

[Hedge Witch]

I think you are right with 4 it's Impatiens parviflora (Small Balsam); it's definitely flowering now.

[aeshna5]

Agree with your 1,3, 4 + 5 IDs.

The bindweed leaves are indeed that, so it is a Calystegia species with what appears to be an aberrant flower.

The mint is not Spear Mint-wrong shaped leaves/flowers. I suspect it is Apple Mint, Mentha x villosa (Spear Mint is a parent of this) or maybe Round-leaved Mint (the other parent), M. suaveolens. My money is on former.

[leifus]

1,3,4,5 are all right. Could 6 be some sort of pepper mint?

[KeenTeen17]

everything is correct! well done. the mint could be horse mint.

[chrishorak]

Thanks for the replies.

I might try read up on the differences between all the types of mint and then go back and see if I can identify the exact type. I had no idea there were so many different types.

As for the bindweed flower. Here is another angle on the flower:

Is this something that regularly happens to bindweed flowers or is it just something strange that happened to this plant? It only had two flowers and they both looked like this.

[JennyS]

I came across a Large Bindweed with deeply 5-lobed flowers last year: Calystegia silvatica var. quinquepartita (how's that for a mouthful!)

[chrishorak]

Thanks Jenny - never heard of that before, but perhaps that is what I found too.
I went back today to take another look, but the flowers have died. There do seem to be some buds, so I will go back again in a few days and take a look again.