Water-purslane

Water-purslane flower stem, West Dorset

Flower - 6-fused and ponted sepals, 4 of 6
petals, 6 stamens and a style and stigma

Flower with 1 petal, capiate stigma

Side view of flower

Globular fruit capsules

Seeds

Racket-shaped leaves

Branched stems

Colonising soft mud

Rootlets at the nodes

Water-purslane on heathland pond
with a red protozoan bloom

Water-purslane on a summer-drying pond

Closer view of Water-purslane on
a summer-drying pond