Photo © Carl Farmer |
Uncommon (or overlooked) on bare damp ground, usually coastal or by roadsides. Flowers c 2-3 mm diameter (less than 2 mm if sepals disregarded), fruit c 1.2-1.8 mm diameter, leaves c 2-5 mm long. Skye ID: A very tiny plant. Flowers (no photo yet) solitary on short stalks at base of leaves, with calyx divided nearly to base into 5 narrow sepals which are much longer than the 5 white or pink petals. Recognisable in fruit by the tiny round "apples" (centre top in pic on left) enclosed by the calyx. Other features: Usually has several branches from the base. Leaves hardly stalked, the upper ones alternating (unlike other Anagallis sp which have them in opposite pairs). |
