What's this white flower please?

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    I think it's a stitchwort, would like a closer look at the leaves though.
     
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    I can see stichwort, garlic mustard & goosegrass there Dave
     
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    Oh good, I had to dig into my memory for the name, glad you agree Ziggy.
     
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      Thanks. Now I just need to source some seeds. I might just wait til late summer/autumn and go back and see if I can get some.
       
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      [​IMG] Greater Stitchwort flower..

      [​IMG] Lesser stitchwort..
      Lovely plants & look a bit like Cerastium that we buy.. I wonder if they are related..? :scratch:
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      Stellaria holostea is Greater Stichwort and as you surmise both it and Cerastium are n the same genus, Caryophiaceae
       
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        Thanks Pal nice to know I was right.. :SUNsmile:
         
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        I'm sure this is the the plant that as a child I called 'shirt buttons'. Don't ask me why though. :)
         
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        If you do go back for seed, whatever you do don't pick up goosegrass too!
         
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        Which is the goose grass? Is that the sticky buds?
         
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        Yes, they'll stick to everything. Danger is they have white flowers too but a different size and shape.
         
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        Yes, they'll stick to everything. Danger is they have white flowers too but a different size and shape.
         
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        I know sticky buds (cleavers?) all too well. They are extremely common round here, and today I caught some sneaking into my back garden.
         
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        Think they're common everywhere, just when you think you can sit down because you've finished, up pops another one!
         
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