Small white pond flwer ID please

BarbaraEmma · #1 (**permalink**) 27-07-2009, 09:49 PM

I thought it was Water Cress at first but now I don't know.As usual.Barbara

Kayleigh · #2 (**permalink**) 27-07-2009, 09:51 PM

I thought watercress too..

Hedera · #3 (**permalink**) 27-07-2009, 10:00 PM

I think this may be Frogbit.

BarbaraEmma · #4 (**permalink**) 27-07-2009, 10:00 PM

Oh Thanks Kayleigh,Did you notice I posted that twice, if we don't tell anyone they won't notice

.I'm sorry

.Barbara

Hedera · #5 (**permalink**) 27-07-2009, 10:08 PM

Watercress has four petals.

BarbaraEmma · #6 (**permalink**) 27-07-2009, 10:31 PM

Thank you Hedera for your help.It's a pretty little flower which grows quite close to our house and I always thought it was Water Cress until I took some photos and then I wasn't sure.I thought Frogbit grew flatter on the surface of the water.
Barbara

Phoebe · #7 (**permalink**) 27-07-2009, 11:07 PM

It looks like water hawthorn to me!

On second thought maybe not.

Tiggrx · #8 (**permalink**) 28-07-2009, 05:20 AM

It is Watercress. The three-petaled flower facing the camera has lost a petal, the others have four petals.

Hedera · #9 (**permalink**) 28-07-2009, 11:45 AM

You are correct! Must get eyes tested.
Was that another bug on the back flower?

BarbaraEmma · #10 (**permalink**) 28-07-2009, 06:10 PM

So it is Water Cress then , and thanks for your help everyone.The whole pond is seething with bugs of all sorts, lovely ,trouble is you get bitten to death.
The water was really scummy in parts but underneath it was as clear as a bell,that would be because of the Water Cress .
Barbara