mat-forming

Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella showing sprawling habit

Snow-in-Summer or Dusty Miller Cerastium tomentosum sketchbook study showing habit sketch and detail of an asexual sprig. Seed and seed coat detail, calyx, leaf, flower and flower cross section are also depicted.  Details of the bud and fur on leaf also appear.

Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides showing distinctive stacked leaves and individual flower

Sea Milkwort Glaux maritima with individual flower in leaf axis

Sea campion Silene maritima showing inflated calyx, purplish stem tint and large white flowers

Greater Sea spurrey Spergularia media showing mat-forming plant, individual flowe, and winged seed

Common Restharrow Ononis repens showing its sprawlign habit and pink flowers

Moss campion Silene acaulis tuft with detail of individual toothed leaf and flowers in bloom

Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile showing lateral spreading growth and individual leaf detail. Fruits and flowers shown

Biting stonecrop Sedum acre sprig with two flowering spikes and a few vegetative ones