Pink Purslane Taken at Ardmore Point on 22nd April 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Taken at Threave Gardens and Nature Reserve on 21st May 2023 using  Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Pink Purslane. Species: Order: Family: Habit: AKA: Claytonia sibirica. Caryophyllales. Montiaceae. Short lived Perennial. Siberian Spring Beauty, Siberian Miner's Lettuce, Candy Flower Habitat: Height: Flowers: Feature: Moist woods. 30 cms. February - August. 8-20 mm diameter, with five white, candy-striped, or pink petals. Native to Siberia and Western North America. Introduced to UK in 18th Century. The white leaved subspecies, is known as the Stewarton Flower, due to its local abundance in that part of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The white variety also predominates in Templeton Woods Dundee with the Pink variety predominating elsewhere in Scotland.