Spring Sandwort

Spring Sandwort on gravel, Widdybank Fell
Upper Teesdale, County Durham

Flower - 5 petals, stamens, 3 stigmas

Side view of flower

Close-up showing red/purple anthers

Close-up of linear stigmas and stamen filaments

3-veined sepals and narrowed base of petals

Sepals shorter than petals

Ovate, pointed, white edges sepals

Long flower stalks (pedicels)

Leaves

Close-up of stiff, curved, linear leaves,
hairy pedicel, and white-edges sepal

Woody basal stems