Wild Flower

Came across this today whilst out and about.
Gorgeous looking flower,
but what is it ?

 

Nobody knows...???

 

Tricky JJ...........It looks like you have superimposed an Impatient flower on to another stem...lol..................Well you are capable of it :wink:

 

Capable,yes,done it,no.
I'm trying to identify the flower as i might be using one of the pics that i took.
Thing is, i cant use it if i dont know what it is.

 

Heres another pic.This shows the buds which might help.......

 

Is it a lesser periwinkle? Roughly what is its size?

 

I just googled the periwinkle.Its similar,but i dont think its the same.Could of course be a different version of the same family though.
Size....about the size of a pansy,the stem though was long.Dont ask,it headed down amoungst the undergrowth.
I could guess at about 6 inch,maybe a little more

 

My Collins says of it-if it helps, Vinca minor, that the petals are twisted round to the left of the bud, top 5 stamens which alternative with the petals have hairy tips and there is a tuft of white hairs at the tip of the style.

Vinca Major, is a larger plant with bigger flowers, with the sepals edged by long hairs.

However it is flowering outside of it`s usual time with this one, so it`s down to Dai or Ivory on this one I reckon.

Maybe, an outside chance of it being an escapee hybridised phlox? Was it aromatic, and the size of a pansy-do you mean a winter ( American I think) one, or one of the Native smaller ones?

 

Hmmmm,ok.Thank you for your help.:thumb:

 

They look very similar,as did the periwinkle things.
However,those Phlox look to be in a bunch type affair,where those that i found were a group of 5 or 6 spread out over aprox 1 square meter.The ground was wet and boggy in places,the flowers were though on a hillock,and they were under trees,so i'd say at best more shade than sun.
As for smell.....i didnt notice anything,but certainly didnt stick my nose in them.

 

As soon as I saw it I thought of Campion (Silene) which is about the right size and flowering now, but not sure about the leaves.

 

Thanks LoL.
Will have a look at that one in the morning.
If thats not it,maybe i'll just give up,or at least save it till a rainy day.

 

i think you've hit the nail on the head there Marley.
The description fits,and apart from being in a bunch,those in the picture look the same.

Your good at this I.D. stuff :thmb:

Many thanks again.