Exmoor flowers for ID please.

[LynM]

These three were on Winsford Hill above Exford.







TIA.

[aeshna5]

1 Tormentil, Potentilla erecta
2 Bog Pimpernel, Anagallis tenella (sprawling through another plant!)
3 Heath Speedwell, Veronica officinalis

[JennyS]

2 looks like it could be a pink form of Milkwort, though I don't know what the plant in front of it is ......

[LynM]

Thanks for your help, aeshna and jenny.

[somersetrivers]

New member - using this thread rather than start a new one.
Found these tiny red flowers growing on a log by the River Barle - can someone please identify ?

[Johnny Redgate]

Originally Posted by JennyS

2 looks like it could be a pink form of Milkwort, though I don't know what the plant in front of it is ......

I agree with a milkwort for no. 2 - Heath Milkwort?

Somersetrivers - I think you must be refering to the lichen growing on the log, a Cladonia species. Someone more knowledgeable than me will know which one is most likely.

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by somersetrivers

New member - using this thread rather than start a new one.
Found these tiny red flowers growing on a log by the River Barle - can someone please identify ?

They look like a lichen species, perhaps one of the Cladonia species rather than flowers. You'll be better posting a thread in the lichen sub-forum in the fungi section;

Fungi Forums - Lichen at wildaboutbritain.co.uk

Welcome to WAB, unlike other some other fora, it's better if you start a new thread for ID questions, rather than adding to an older thread.

Regards, Audrey.

[somersetrivers]

Many thanks - your reference to Cladonia - enabled me to find images for “British soldier lichen”, Cladonia cristatella - which is an exact match.

[somersetrivers]

Audrey thanks will in future start new threads for identity queries.

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by LynM

These three were on Winsford Hill above Exford.


TIA.

This is an interesting plant. It looks to me very Lobelia like, (dis-regard the green leafy plant, it's nothing to do with the pink flowers).
Problem is the very rare Heath Lobelia, which apparently has been found on Exmoor, does not come into flower until August, and flowers are more lilac-blue, (only very occasionally pink). Lobelia cardinalis does have a pink-flowered var. but I have not heard of it having yet been found in the wild.
I don't see it being a member of the Lily family, as there is a non-lily-like leaf on the flowering stem.
It's not Heath Milkwort or Bog Pimpernel, I am very sure of that.

LynM. Was ther just this one plant? Could you possibly take some more pics. so that the large green-leaved plant is not in the way of the pink-flowered plant? Maybe just gently push it to one-side. That would be most helpfull. I would love to know exactly what this plant is!
Dorts.