Pink Purslane - Claytonia sibirica
Low, hairless plant. Basal leaves in lax rosette, oval, stalked. Stem leaves not closely united. Flowers, pink, rarely white 8 to 10 mm, the petals deeply notched.
Damp habitats, woods and shady stream banks on acid sandy soil.
April to July.
Annual
Naturalised and fairly widespread but local in Britain.
Uncommon and local in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 6 of the 617 tetrads.
David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece
11 May 2012
Barbara Cooper
Beacon Hill
21 May 2015
David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece
11 May 2012
grahamstocks
Rothley Common
03 June 2015
Graham Calow
Sharnford
15 April 2014
David Gould
Narborough Bog, Leics
09 May 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Pink Purslane
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Caryophyllales
- Family:
- Montiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 11/05/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 25/07/2024 (Bell, Melinda)
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David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece
11 May 2012
Graham Calow
Sharnford
15 April 2014
grahamstocks
Rothley Common
03 June 2015
David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece
11 May 2012
Alan Semper
Barnsdale Gdns
14 May 2019
Alan Semper
Barnsdale Gdns
14 May 2019
