This plant looks remarkably like Stellaria media (Chickweed) but the flowers are more upright and the sepals longer than the petals. It grows in woods and shady places so you wouldn't find it on manure heaps and wayside verges usually.

M. trinervia is found all over England southern Scotland and Wales. It is commonest ineatsern Ireland and is scarce in the far north of Scotland.

Avon Gorge 23rd April 2005

Added on 24th April 2005, updtaed 3rd January 2011, updated 14th July 2014