Sunday, 27 May 2012

Great hairy willow herb or grass vetchling?


In bloom now by a canal near you, a delicate specimen of pink wildflower. With some minimal research I pondered if these wildflowers are great hairy willow herbs or maybe  grass vetchling? I am quite likely to be wrong and await correction from any passing botanists...  Spotted on the Shropshire canal.

Update 27 May: I think Deb (Ginnels Gates and Ghosts, a York Daily photo) is right when she suggests these are in fact Red Campion.

7 comments:

  1. No idea what it is, but it does look nice!

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  2. They're very pretty. I thought at first it was one of the campions but the petals are the wrong shape.

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  3. wow you know a lot of flowers, thanks for teaching me about the name of this gorgeous flower.I like a lot the pink light color, it's beautiful indeed!
    Hugs and a nice week ahead,
    Léia

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  4. If it has 5 petals (each almost divided in two) my guess would be Red Campion as they are in flower just now.

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  5. Many thanks for this joy for the sense of sight !

    Please have a good new week ahead.

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  6. There are pinks I like and pinks I don't like. This wildflower is pretty, especially against that fresh green.

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