• Arenaria
• Moehringia
• Stellaria
• Cerastium
• Sagina
• Spergula
• Spergularia
• Silene

Arenaria serpyllifolia

Thyme-leaved Sandwort Uncommon.

Moehringia trinervia

Three-nerved Sandwort Uncommon, found only in hedge bottoms on Priory Road fields - not within city boundary.

Stellaria media

Common Chickweed Abundant in waste places and gardens throughout the city.

Stellaria holostea

Greater Stitchwort Less common than anticipated. Growing under a hedge on the drain bank.

Stellaria graminea

Lesser Stitchwort Usually on old pasture land e.g Priory Road fields (03K) and Tweendykes (13B). Often in quantity.

Cerastium fontanum

Common Mouse-ear Common in grassland and verges throughout the city.

Cerastium glomeratum

Sticky Mouse-ear Reasonably frequent. Usually in dry, well drained, places and roadsides.

Cerastium semidecandrum

Little Mouse-ear Only found on the St Andrew's Quay development on an exposed flower bed adjacent to the sea wall.

Sagina procumbens

Procumbent Pearlwort Ubiquitous. Exposed places with little vegetation - particularly path edges.

Sagina apetala

Annual Pearlwort Victoria dock development. This and the next species require some careful examination as they are rather difficult to separate.

Sagina maritima

Sea Pearlwort St Andrew's Quay. The leaves of these plants were only minutely mucronate. Herbarium specimen confirmed by F E Crackles.

Spergula arvensis

Corn Spurrey Associated entirely with imported sandy soil used to create plant beds in new developments. Has occurred in other locations in previous years but does not seem to persist for long.

Spergularia media

Greater Sea-spurrey This, the larger of the sea spurreys, was only found as a single plant near to the sea wall near to the new RORO terminal between King George and

Spergularia marina

Lesser Sea-spurrey With, but more abundant than, S. media near the RORO terminal but also on the shore at the western edge of the city.

Spergularia rubra

Sand Spurrey Only three localities,all on fine-grained, dark ballast of disused railway lines.

Silene vulgaris

Bladder Campion Almost always associated with railway embankments and ballast.

Silene latifolia

White Campion Waste places - associated with imported soil?

Silene dioica

Red Campion Usually in hedge bottoms and shady places. Probably a persistant relic of old hedges, more common in the east.

R Middleton, r.middleton@geo.hull.ac.uk, last updated 14 September 1997