Brookweed - Samolus valerandi
Low to short creeping plant; leaves oval or spoon shaped, pale green, in a basal rosette and alternate up the stem. Flowers white, cup shaped, 2 to 3 mm, petals joined to half way.
Photo of the whole plant in habitat, plus photo of the flowers and fruits (RPR)
Damp shaded habitats, pool, river and stream margins, ditches etc.
Flowers June to August.
Perennial.
Previously almost exclusively coastal, but becoming more frequent inland now.
Rare and decreasing in Leicestershire and Rutland; may occasionally be introduced.
In the Flora of Leicestershire (Primavesi and Evans 1988) it was found in 3 of the 617 tetrads, and in 1 tetrad in the Flora of Rutland (Messenger 1971).
| It is listed on the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Hall and Woodward 2022) as Locally Rare (i.e. present in less than 3 sites) |
David Nicholls
Ratby Balancing Pond
19 June 2014
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge adj to Nailstone Wiggs
16 July 2023
David Nicholls
Ratby Balancing Pond
19 June 2014
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge adj to Nailstone Wiggs
16 July 2023
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge adj to Nailstone Wiggs
16 July 2023
David Nicholls
Ratby Balancing Pond
19 June 2014
David Nicholls
Ratby Pond
18 June 2018
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Species profile
- Common names
- Brookweed
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Ericales
- Family:
- Primulaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 19/06/2014 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 16/07/2023 (Timms, Sue)
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