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Palustris

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Small creeping plant
« on: April 13, 2015, 08:39:08 PM »
Put us out of our misery and id this small creeping plant, flowers are about an inch across.

TIA
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Anthony Darby

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Re: Small creeping plant
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2015, 10:06:02 PM »
I'm sure I've seen it growing here in Auckland.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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fermi de Sousa

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Re: Small creeping plant
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2015, 12:27:52 AM »
Modiola caroliniana - red flowered mallow
cheers
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Re: Small creeping plant
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2015, 12:58:47 AM »
You beat me to it Fermi, I am familiar with that one too, it grows around Adelaide. At first glance one can mistake it for Anagallis. Only when you get up close do you see the classic Malvaceae characteristics.


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Palustris

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Re: Small creeping plant
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2015, 02:32:06 PM »
Brilliant, thank you very much!
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