Low-growing plant for ID

davidbr · #1 (**permalink**) 16-03-2009, 04:15 PM

Can anyone give me an opinion as to the identity of this one? I was thinking Lesser Chickweed, Stellaria pallida, but I'm really not sure.

KeenTeen17 · #2 (**permalink**) 16-03-2009, 04:37 PM

IMHO I don't think its a lesser chickweed because the stems look a bit too woody I'm afraid. It does remind me of a creeping cotoneaster species but it might not be that. I'll have a look into it for you

davidbr · #3 (**permalink**) 16-03-2009, 04:39 PM

It's a bit tricky to discern size from a photo, but I promise you it's a very small non-woody plant, in the fashion of a Cerastium or Stellaria. It was growing out of a barely-there crack in a wall above the Avon Gorge - whatever else it might be, a Cotoneaster it certainly isn't