Pink Family:-

"Non-woody plants with stems characteristically swollen at their junctions with the opposite pairs of usually untoothed and unstalked leaves. Flowering shoots repeatedly forked, with a flower in the centre of each fork. Flowers with 4-5 separate petals, or none, and 4-5 sepals which are often joined at the base, sometimes forming a tube or a more or less inflated bladder. Fruits dry, many-seeded." from Collins Pocket Guide to Wild Flowers by David McClintock and R.S.R. Fitter assisted by Francis Rose - ISBN 0 00 219363 9 - Eleventh Impression 1978.

Pink Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Peony to Pink Wild Flower Families Gallery:-

Common Name

Botanical Name

Flowering Months

Habitat

Lesser Alpine Pearlwort

(Snow Pearlwort)

Sagina intermedia

(Sagina nivalis, Spergella intermedia)

June-August

Mountains (on mountains in the Central Highlands of Scotland)

Lesser Chickweed

Stellaria pallida

(Alsine pallida, Stellaria apetala)

April-June

An annual growing in open conditions on light, well-drained soils. Near the coast it is found on sand dunes, shingle and in other sandy or stony places; elsewhere it occurs on waste and cultivated ground, in gravel- and sand-pits and on tracks in conifer plantations. It is sometimes also found in lawns and on walls. Lowland.

Lesser Sea Spurry

(Same as Sea Spurry with its photos below)

Spergularia marina

May-September

An annual of saltmarshes, sea-walls, muddy shingle, brackish grazing pastures and the base of coastal cliffs. Inland, it is a local colonist of the margins of saline sludge lagoons, and also occurs beside salt-treated roads. Generally lowland, but reaching 520 m on a roadside at Holme Moss (Cheshire).

Lesser Stitchwort

Stellaria graminea

June-August

A perennial herb of damp or free-draining, neutral and acidic soils. Habitats include woodland clearings, neglected pastures, hay meadows, grass-heaths, hedge banks and waysides. It is tolerant of some nutrient enrichment, and is often a constituent of neglected pasture. 0-740 m (Knock Fell, Westmorland).

Flower from Bedgebury on 6 June

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Little Mouse-Ear Chickweed

Cerastium semidecandrum

April-May

This annual or overwintering herb of well-drained, sandy or calcareous soils is found on dry banks and open, grassy places, on heathy ground, fixed dunes, disturbed sandy areas near the sea and walls. It also grows on rock ledges and bare places on limestone, and occasionally grows in heavier clay soils. 0-485 m (Isla, E. Perth).

Flower from Borough Green on 9 May

Flowers from Borough Green on 9 May

Foliage from Borough Green on 9 May

Form from Borough Green on 9 May

Maiden Pink

Dianthus deltoides

June-August

A perennial herb of dry, usually base-rich, soils overlying chalk and limestone, mica-schist or basalt; sometimes on metal-rich mining spoil or sandy soils and dunes. It can occur in short, closed grassland, but prefers an open sward broken by bare rock or soil. It also occurs as a garden escape. 0-355 m (Parsley Hay, Derbys.).

Flower on 17 July

Flowers on 17 July

Foliage on 17 July

Form on 17 July

Marsh Stitchwort

Stellaria palustris

June-August

This perennial, rhizomatous herb is a species of damp and wet places, including pastures, grassy fens and marshes, especially in areas with standing water in winter. It is also able to colonise artificial habitats such as old peat diggings. Generally lowland, but reaching 360 m on Cronkley Fell (N.W. Yorks.).

Moss Campion

Silene acaulis

June-July

This cushion- or mat-forming perennial herb is confined to base-rich substrates. It is characteristic of a species-rich dwarf-herb ledge community on Scottish mountains. However, it also grows in sparse vegetation on exposed mountain plateaux, serpentine fell-fields, cliff-slopes and stabilised sand dunes. From sea level in W. and N. Scotland to 1305 m on Ben Macdui (S. Aberdeen).

Flower in May

Flowers

Foliage in May

Form in May

Mossy Pearlwort

(Procumbent Pearlwort, Common Pearlwort)

Sagina procumbens

April onwards

Natural habitats of this mat-forming perennial include rocks, cliffs and river-banks, but it also grows in a wide variety of artificial, disturbed and fertile habitats, including spoil heaps, mining waste, paths, roadside verges and urban pavements. It is a common weed of horticulture, especially in lawns, and is a particular nuisance in pots. The plant is tolerant of a wide range of soils and can stand heavy trampling. 0-1150 m (E. Scottish Highlands).

Flower from Borough Green on 24 May

Flowers from Borough Green on 24 May

Foliage from Borough Green on 24 May

Form in September

Night-Scented Catchfly

(Night Flowering Catchfly)

Melandrium noctiflorum

(Silene noctiflora)

July-September

This spring-germinating annual occurs mainly on cultivated land, but sometimes also on open waste ground. It is mostly found on dry, sandy and calcareous substrates, but also on heavier soils over oolitic limestone.

Nottingham Catchfly

Silene nutans

May-July

The coastal habitats of this long-lived perennial herb are grassy cliffs, sand dunes and shingle. Inland, it grows on limestone rock outcrops and cliff ledges. S. nutans is mainly a plant of shallow, drought-prone, calcareous soils on chalk and limestone, but it also occurs on acidic soil overlying shingle. It has occurred as a casual at ports and on railway banks. Reproduction is usually by seed, but can be vegetative by procumbent stems rooting at the nodes. Lowland.

Flower in June

Flowers in June

Foliage in June

Form in June

Perennial Knawel

Scleranthus perennis

(Scleranthus perennis subsp. perennis)

June-August

Fields and Rocks (of sandy fields in the Breckland, and one dry rocky hill in Radnorshire)

Procumbent Pearlwort

(Same as Knotted Pearlwort on Page 1)

Sagina nodosa

July-September

It is a plant of damp habitats, principally in mires and springs irrigated with base-rich water, but also in open, calcareous, sandy habitats, especially dunes and dune-slacks and sometimes in drier calcareous grassland. Generally lowland, but reaching 850 m on Glas Moel (Angus).

Ragged Robin

Lychnis flos-cuculi

May-July

Marshes and Woods (in marshes, fens and wet woods)

Flower

Flowers in June

Flower from Swansea Airport Bog on 10 July

Form in June

Red Campion

Melandrium dioicum

(Silene dioica)

April onwards

Woods, Hedges, Cliffs and Mountains (in woods and hedge-banks, also on sea-cliffs and mountains)

Flower from Cadgwith in Cornwall on 27 May

Flowers from Cadgwith on 27 May

Foliage from Cadywith on 26 May

Form from Dorset in May

Red Catchfly

(Sticky Catchfly, Red German Catchfly)

Viscaria vulgaris

(Lychnis viscaria)

June-August

Rocks (rocky places in Wales and Scotland)

Flower in June

Flowers in June

Foliage in May

Form in May

Red Sandwort

(Mountain Sandwort)

Minuartia rubella

(Arenaria rubella, Tryphane rubella)

July-August

This cushion-forming montane perennial herb is always associated with strongly base-rich rocks, including limestone and soft calcareous schists. The vegetation is usually open, as the ground on which it usually grows is both easily eroded and subjected to frost-heave. It reaches an altitude of 1180 m on Ben Lawers (Mid Perth), and formerly descended to 120 m on Unst (Shetland).

Rupture-Wort

(Ciliated Rapture-Wort)

Herniaria ciliolata

July-August

Grassland (in sandy turf by the sea in the Channel Islands)

Flower from Kynance Cove in Cornwall on 25 May

Flower from Kynance Cove on 25 May

Foliage from Kynance Cove on 25 May

Form from Cadgwith in Cornwall on 27 May

Sand Catchfly

Silene conica

May-July

An annual of open habitats on free-draining sandy soils. In coastal regions, it is found on stabilised dunes and sandy shingle, in open pastures and on waste ground; inland it also occurs at the edges of tracks across heathland, in abandoned arable fields and on commons. It flowers freely, but good seed production occurs only in hot summers. Lowland.

Flower from Sandwich in Kent on 20 June

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Sand Spurrey

(Red Spurrey)

Spergularia rubra

(Tissa rubra)

May-September

An annual or biennial herb, typically occurring in open habitats on free-draining acidic sands and gravels. Habitats include heaths, commons, tracks (particularly forestry tracks in W. Scotland), quarries, gravel- and sand-pits, railway yards and waste ground. It occasionally grows on stabilised shingle and sand dunes. It is tolerant of trampling. Generally lowland, but recorded at over 560 m on Deadwater Fell (S. Northumb.).

Flower in June

Flowers in June

Foliage from East Kent in July

Form from The New Forest on 22 July

Sea Campion

Silene maritima

(Silene uniflora)

June-August

Cliffs, Shingle and Mountains (on cliffs and shingle by the sea; inland on mountains)

Flower on 28 April

Flowers with midges on 3 July

Foliage from Poulsallagh in County Clare on 19 June

Form from Poulsallagh on 19 June

Sea Mouse-ear

(Same as Dark Green Mouse-ear on Page 1)

Cerastium diffusum

March-July

Bare Ground, Dunes and dune slacks (Dry places, especially near sea)

Sea Pearlwort

Sagina maritima

April-August

An annual of maritime rock crevices, cliff-tops, stabilised shingle, dune-slacks and disturbed areas in upper saltmarsh on sandy substrates; also on walls and tracks, in pavements and on sandy roadsides near the sea.

Flower on 25 May

Seeds from Kynance Cove in Cornwall on 25 May

Foliage from Chesil Beach in Dorset in May

Form from Chesil Beach in May

Sea Spurry

(Same as Lesser Sea-Spurrey above)

Spergularia marina

June-September

An annual of saltmarshes, sea-walls, muddy shingle, brackish grazing pastures and the base of coastal cliffs. Inland, it is a local colonist of the margins of saline sludge lagoons, and also occurs beside salt-treated roads. Generally lowland, but reaching 520 m on a roadside at Holme Moss (Cheshire).

Flower from Salt Marsh on Isle of Sheppey in Kent in July

Flower from Salt Marsh on Isle of Sheppey in July

Foliage from Decoy Farm on 30 June

Form from Decoy Farm on 30 June

Sea Sandwort

Honkenya peploides

May-July

Dunes (on coastal sand and shingle)

Flower from Loe Bar in Cornwall on 24 May

Flowers from Loe Bar on 24 May

Foliage from Shellness

Form from Loe Bar on 22 May

Scottish Sandwort

(Arctic Sandwort) (Same as Arctic Sandwort on Page 1)

Arenaria norvegica subsp. norvegica

June-August

Rocks (in bare stony places not far from the sea)

Flower from Beinn nan Cnainhseag in Sutherland on 1 August

Flowers from Beinn nan Cnainhseag on 1 August

Foliage from Beinn nan Cnainhseag on 1 August

Form from Beinn nan Cnainhseag on 1 August

Small-flowered Catchfly

Silene anglica (Syn. Silene gallica)

June onwards

A winter-annual of cultivated and disturbed ground, mainly in arable fields on (often acidic) sandy or gravelly soils, and on old walls and waste ground. It also occurs in open, drought-prone coastal grassland on banks and cliffs, and on sand dunes in the Channel Islands. It is sensitive to low winter temperatures. Lowland.

Flower in July

Flowers in July

Foliage

Form

Small Thyme-leaved Sandwort

Arenaria leptoclados

(Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados)

June -August

Bare ground, Dunes and dune slacks, short turf (generally on lighter soils)

Flower

Flowers from North Yorkshire in June

Foliage

Form from North Yorkshire in June

Smooth Rupture-Wort

Herniaria glabra

July-August

An annual or short-lived perennial of compacted sandy or gravelly soils, often with chalk or limestone fragments. Its habitats are generally kept open by seasonal standing water or other disturbance, and include forestry rides, golf courses, car parks, disused gravel-pits and disturbed areas in short grassland.

Snow-In-Summer

Cerastium tomentosum

May-August

A spreading, mat-forming perennial herb naturalised on roadsides, railway banks, waste ground, tips, dunes and coastal shingle. Lowland.

Flower in May

Flowers in May

Foliage from Cauldon Low in Staffordshire on 19 May

Form from Cauldon Low on 19 May

Soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

July-September

This rhizomatous perennial herb is found in a wide range of man-made and marginal habitats, often near habitation, including hedge banks, quarries, roadsides, railway banks, tips and waste ground. It is thoroughly naturalised by streams and in damp woods, especially in S.W. England and N. Wales, where it has sometimes been considered native.

Flower in August

Flowers in August

Foliage in September

Form in September

Spring Sandwort

Minuartia verna

May onwards

It is a perennial, basicolous, cushion-forming herb, characteristic of Carboniferous limestone districts where it is found in short grassland, on scars, on limestone pavement and scree. It also grows on base-rich volcanic rock in N. Wales and basalt in N. Ireland, on metal-rich soils, including those derived from serpentine, and on mining spoil. It prefers open sites with reduced competition, but may suffer from drought in very exposed conditions. Although seldom above 600 m, it has been recorded at 875 m on Snowdon (Caerns.).

Flower from Widdybank Fell in June

Flower being pollinated by Fly at Teesdale on 29 May

Foliage from Widdybank Fell in June

Form from Widdybank Fell in June

Starwort Mouse-Ear

Cerastium cerastoides

July-August

A straggling, mat-forming montane perennial herb that grows on wet acidic rocks, often in areas of late snow-lie. It is usually found above 750 m and reaches an altitude of 1220 m on Ben Macdui (S. Aberdeen), but occurs at 335 m near Mar Lodge (S. Aberdeen).

Sticky-Mouse-Ear

Cerastium glomeratum

April onwards

It grows in disturbed areas, often in places where there is some nutrient enrichment. It is fairly tolerant of trampling and is particularly common around farms, in gateways, on field edges, in bare patches in improved grassland, beside tracks and in waste places. It is also frequent on sand dunes and shingle. 0-610 m (Black`s Hope, Dumfriess.).

Flower Buds from Rochester in Kent in May

Flowers

Foliage from Rochester in May

Form

Strapwort

Corrigiola littoralis

July-September

This annual is now confined, as a native plant, to periodically inundated, open, muddy shingle around the margins of Slapton Ley (S. Devon). It formerly grew in a similar site at Loe Pool (W. Cornwall), and casual plants have been recorded elsewhere, from railway ballast and waste ground.

Teesdale Sandwort

(Rock Sandwort, Stiff Sandwort)

Minuartia stricta

(Arenaria stricta, Spergula stricta)

June-July

A loosely tufted but slender perennial herb that has only ever been known in Britain from Widdybank Fell, where it grows in open, gravelly flushes and eroding margins of sikes on metamorphic sugar limestone. The plant is not a strong competitor and is mainly associated with hummock-forming mosses and species such as Carex capillaris, Juncus triglumis, Minuartia verna and Primula farinosa. Upland, from 490 to 510 m on Widdybank Fell (Co. Durham).

Three-Veined Sandwort

Moehringia trinervia

April-July

An annual of open, often moist, ground, generally found in woodland but also in shaded hedge banks, and rarely in unshaded places such as on walls and railway banks. It favours slightly acidic substrates, and there is a slight preference for warmer slopes in woodland, which hastens the successful completion of the plant`s life-cycle. 0-425 m (Mallowdale Fell, W. Lancs.).

Flower on 1 July

Flowers in July

Foliage from Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire in June

Form

Thyme-leaved Sandwort

Arenaria serpyllifolia

(Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia)

June-August

A winter- or rarely summer-annual of dry, usually shallow, neutral to basic soils. It is found in a wide range of open habitats, including rock outcrops, cliffs, screes, walls, spoil heaps from mines and in quarries, railway ballast, waysides and arable field margins. Generally lowland, but reaching at least 610 m at Melmerby Fell (Cumberland).

Flower from Queensdown Warren in Kent on 1 June

Flowers

Foliage from Queensdown Warren on 1 June

Form from North Yorkshire in June

Water Chickweed

Myosoton aquaticum

July onwards

Perennial herb usually grows in damp or wet habitats, including damp woods, Alnus and Salix carr, the banks of rivers, streams, canals and ditches, by ponds and in marshes and other wet places.

White Campion

Melandrium album

(Silene latifolia)

May onwards

It is usually a short-lived perennial, but it may occasionally be annual or biennial. It occurs on arable land, in hedge banks and waste places, being most abundant on deep, well-drained soils. Mainly lowland, but reaching 425 m in Atholl (E. Perth).

Flower in July

Flowers in June

Foliage in June

Form

Wood Chickweed

Stellaria nemorum

May-August

This herbaceous, stoloniferous perennial prefers fertile soils and occurs mostly in damp, shaded habitats, and sometimes on periodically flooded ground. It is usually found by streamsides and ditches and in wet woods and damp hedge banks. Generally lowland, but reaching c. 915 m above Coire Kander (S. Aberdeen).

Yorkshire Sandwort

(English Sandwort)

Arenaria gothica

(Arenaria norvegica ssp. anglica)

May-October

Mountain rocks, bare ground (Confined to the limestone on and near Ingleborough). English Sandwort species action plan.

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