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Growing => Identification => Topic started by: Foobar on June 22, 2016, 05:03:53 pm

Title: what's this?
Post by: Foobar on June 22, 2016, 05:03:53 pm

In grassland.  Small, almost clover like, ground covering. stiff-ish red coloured stems

Title: Re: what's this?
Post by: Foobar on June 23, 2016, 02:49:49 pm

Anyone? 
It might be a wetland/moisture loving plant if that helps?

Title: Re: what's this?
Post by: Somewhere_by_the_river on June 24, 2016, 11:48:42 am

I think it could be water purslane (Lythrum portula).

Title: Re: what's this?
Post by: Foobar on June 24, 2016, 12:16:54 pm

Fantastic, thank you, that looks like it.  Not fantastic that I have it on my fields but hey :)  at least I know what it is now!

Title: Re: what's this?
Post by: Somewhere_by_the_river on June 24, 2016, 01:28:54 pm

Glad to help Foobar  ;D