Pink grassland flower for ID?

[Hedge Witch]

Please can someone tell me what this lovely little flower is called - the depth of colour is somewhat faded now I have uploaded, the pink was a fair bit richer than shown.

This plants was common in a patch of grassland I visited, and its ID will no doubt be obvious to someone. But I have others shots if needed.




Thanks all

[poschiavanus]

Looks to me like Red Bartsia Odonites verna, in the Figwort family. Its an annual hemiparasite of grasses. The spike is one-sided.

Nothing in the Gallery so here's a link to more pictures.

HTH,

poschiavanus

[Hedge Witch]

Hi, poschiavanus, I think that's it. Thank you.

[And in answer to HTH - gr8 , n1 LOL - I love this txt spk].

HW

[poschiavanus]

HTH is much older than text. These and many others like AFAIK, RTFM, FUD etc., date back to early computer talk.
See the Jargon File for HTH.

Meanwhile its time I got out into the Big Room.

[Hedge Witch]

Now, that is clever - like it

[KeenTeen17]

its red bartsia all right. but poschiavnus - there are loads of red bartsia photos in the Gallery

just do a search lol (keeping with the text language)

[leifus]

there is more than usual out here....

[poschiavanus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

its red bartsia all right. but poschiavnus - there are loads of red bartsia photos in the Gallery

just do a search lol (keeping with the text language)

So there are! I must have mistyped the name when I did the search. I usually like to link to an image from the Gallery as it keeps everything together.

Thanks