Common Knotgrass

Polygonum aviculare

Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae

TQ4792 10/08/2018 ©Raymond Small

Flowers from June to November. Often seen prostrate on paths this plant was once common at the back of Hainault Lake before the path was improved around 2020 as part of the Hainault Forest restoration project. It is a short to medium, stiff-stemmed annual with leaves growing on flowering stems with leaf-joints surrounded by a silvery sheath. The white or pale-pink flowers grow in clusters of 1-6. Also known as Prostrate Knotgrass.

Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae

TQ4692 04/09/2018 ©Brian Ecott

Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae

TQ4792 17/09/2018 ©Raymond Small

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