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Pink Purslane ( White Variety)
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Taken at Lunderston Bay on 22nd April 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode
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| Pink Purslane. (White variety) |
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Claytonia sibirica. f.Albiflora Caryophyllales. Montiaceae. Short lived Perennial. Stewarton Flower |
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Moist woods. February - August. 8-20 mm diameter, with five white, candy-striped, petals. Native to Siberia and Western North America. Introduced to UK in 18th Century. This white leaved subspecies,of the Pink Purslane 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. |