Family: Linaceae
Allseed Linum radiola (Radiola linoides) Flowering time: July-August. Annual. Native Habitat: Damp, infertile ground on sand, peat or gravel; heaths, tracks, dune-slacks and paths. A small hairless, branched plant (easily overlooked) with clusters of tiny, short-stalked white flowers with four petals. The globose seed capsules are more noticeable than the flowers. Reddish, threadlike stems with opposite, one-veined leaves Often found with Chaffweed (Anagallis minima) |
Allseed, Radiola linoides
Studland, Dorset. June 2013