Mind-your-own-business - Soleirolia soleirolii

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Description

Low, creeping, mat forming plant with slender stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves small, rounded having principal veins raised on lower surface. Flowers very tiny, pinkish, unisexual at the base of the leaves.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Damp stone walls, steps and greenhouses and often around houses and gardens.

When to see it

Flowers May to August.

Life History

Evergreen perennial.

UK Status

Fairly frequent throughout Britain, especially in the south-west.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent and almost certainly under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 4 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Earl Shilton, Almey's Lane
    17 April 2022
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, St Stephens Rd area
    27 June 2020
  • David Gould
    Gee's Lock, G.U. Canal, Glen Parva, Leicester.
    16 December 2018
  • David Gould
    Gee's Lock, G.U. Canal, Glen Parva, Leicester.
    16 December 2018
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, Belgrave, Vicarage Lane
    10 July 2019
  • Peter Smith
    Swannington
    07 January 2022

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Species profile

Common names
Mother of Thousands, Mind-your-own-business
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Urticaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
23
First record:
31/07/2007 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
10/05/2023 (Smith, Peter)

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  • David Gould
    Gee's Lock, G.U. Canal, Glen Parva, Leicester.
    16 December 2018
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, St Stephens Rd area
    27 June 2020
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Belgrave Hall Gardens
    26 August 2020
  • Graham Calow
    Earl Shilton, Almey's Lane
    17 April 2022
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Clarendon Park
    16 September 2020
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, College Ave
    30 August 2020
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, Lytton Road
    21 November 2019
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, Belgrave, Vicarage Lane
    10 July 2019
  • Saharima Roenisch
    University Botanic Gardens
    05 March 2019
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, Castle Gardens
    15 July 2019
  • Saharima Roenisch
    University Botanic Gardens
    01 February 2018
  • steven lewis
    Melton Mowbray
    17 February 2020