Two from Portland for ID please.

LynM · #1 (**permalink**) 13-06-2009, 03:44 PM

These two were on rough ground in an old quarry towards the southern end of Portland. Both were ground hugging (there's probably a proper word for that, but I don't know it!) and the white one was quite abundant.

TIA.

metalfish · #2 (**permalink**) 13-06-2009, 04:10 PM

1 looks like wild thyme, that's a lovely detailed photo you've took
I don't know what 2 is

LynM · #3 (**permalink**) 13-06-2009, 04:21 PM

Thanks, Metalfish. I did wonder about wild thyme when I did a cursory look in my book. Thanks for the kind comment about the pic too.

treecreeper · #4 (**permalink**) 13-06-2009, 04:23 PM

The white one is privet, but I'm not sure if it's the wild or the garden sort

pleb · #5 (**permalink**) 13-06-2009, 04:30 PM

Possibly, maybe, Privet flowers. Either Wild Privet, Ligustrum vulgare, or Garden Privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium.

LynM · #6 (**permalink**) 14-06-2009, 08:00 AM

Thanks Treecreeper and Pleb. I've always thought of privet in the form of a hedge and as this was so low to the ground it seemed unlikely to be the same thing.