Family: Brassicaceae
Whitlow Grass Erophila verna sens lat. Flowering time: February-June. Annual. Common on dry, sandy grassland, rocks, heaths and dunes. Small white flowers with four petals deeply divided to more than half their length are followed by hairless, long-stalked fruit. Fruits are flat and oval-elliptical, the seeds 0.5+ mm long. Height 2-10cm. Many very similar subspecies occur. |
Whitlow Grass, Erophila verna agg
Studland, Dorset. April 2013