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16-03-2010, 08:48 PM
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| | | white flower ID
Sorry, no photo yet, but any help much appreciated
- growing in an urban car park in a grate type thing with red deadnettle etc
- started flowering at the beginning of march
- small white flowers; four petals
- basal rosette of leaves and alternate leaves on the stem
- all leaves and the stem are covered in fine hairs
- grows to about <10cm
my first thought was thale-cress but the flowering time is slightly out. I'll try and get a photo sometime... 
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17-03-2010, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by leifus  Sorry, no photo yet, but any help much appreciated
- growing in an urban car park in a grate type thing with red deadnettle etc
- started flowering at the beginning of march
- small white flowers; four petals
- basal rosette of leaves and alternate leaves on the stem
- all leaves and the stem are covered in fine hairs
- grows to about <10cm
my first thought was thale-cress but the flowering time is slightly out. I'll try and get a photo sometime... | Well If You're stumped then I hesitate to guess! But a cress sounds right, leaves have no leaflets though? The bittercresses flower quite early I'm thinking. |
17-03-2010, 04:00 PM
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| | | Re: white flower ID
Shepherds Purse.
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17-03-2010, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton Well If You're stumped then I hesitate to guess! But a cress sounds right, leaves have no leaflets though? The bittercresses flower quite early I'm thinking. | Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdave60dog Shepherds Purse.
Dave | one teeensy thing I forgot to mention  was that the leaves are small and pointy and not lobed. Sorry for not mentioning that...
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18-03-2010, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by leifus one teeensy thing I forgot to mention was that the leaves are small and pointy and not lobed. Sorry for not mentioning that... | Bittercress? |
18-03-2010, 06:05 PM
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Possibly Whitlow-grass which is flowering now |
18-03-2010, 11:34 PM
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I've seen a lot of whitlow grass appearing around Oxford over the last couple of days. Certainly a possibility! |
19-03-2010, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiggrx Possibly Whitlow-grass which is flowering now | Ooh that's a really good call! I had that about three years ago this time of year... |
19-03-2010, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by leifus one teeensy thing I forgot to mention was that the leaves are small and pointy and not lobed. Sorry for not mentioning that... | BUT the leaves of shepherd's purse are very variable and having got a leaf sample today and worked it through the Vegetative Key I can confirm it is shepherd's-purse  so sorry dave, you were right!  i'm out of practise..
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