2 flowers for id.

[pabs]

Photographed these two recently around weston-super-mare. Any help with these would be appreciated. Thanks, Paul

[davidbr]

Common Mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum) and Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)

[Merrow]

could the violet be a dog violet? was it scented or not?

[ladyhawk]

Looks more like Heath - dog violet

[Tiggrx]

Just to go against everyone else...

1. Common Whitlow-grass (Erophila verna)
2. Hairy Violet (Viola hirta)

[pabs]

thanks for the replies. the purple flower was at Sand Point, North Somerset on the rocks at the end and the white flower was on waste ground. I don't know if the plant was scented or not. Will find out next time i'm there.
Cheers, Paul

[pabs]

just checking the suggestions in the book. The Common Dog Violet looks the best based on habitat. I'm leaning towards Common Whitlowgrass for the other based on flower size and habitat. The flower heads were around 3mm in diameter. The picture makes them look bigger than they were.
Paul

[davidbr]

Having taken a closer look (which I should have done in the first place; sorry ) the first one's definitely Common Whitlowgrass.

I'm still confident in naming No.2 as Sweet Violet, though, because I saw it at Sand Point myself while I was tracking down the Snake's-head Iris last week

[pabs]

Thanks David. I'll go with Sweet Violet in that case.
Cheers, Paul