Claytonia sibirica Pink Purslane DD I
This Spring flowering North American introduction likes damp conditions and you tend to find it in woodland areas and by streams.
It has a peculiar distribution being found in numbers in Cornwall, north of England and south Scotland but less frequently elsewhere. It is uncommon in Ireland.
Styal Woods, Cheshire 17th April 2007
Added on 1st May 2007, updated 3rd December 2008, updated 19th March 2010, updated 4th May 2010