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Posted by Tim Harrison on 7/4/2006, 9:50 am, in reply to "Teesdale query" Rgds, Tim H
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your plant is Erophila verna. Several things give it away, the size (look at the dropping in the top RH corner), 4 deeply notched petals, purple peduncle arising from central rosette, ovate seed-pod appearing before petals have dropped and the simple toothed leaves. I can't see too much detail of the hairs on the leaves to tell me whether it is E. glabra, but some of the leaves look quite hirsute. However, the petals are only notched to about 50% of their length, which also suggests E. glabra rather than E. verna... On balance of probability I'd go with E. verna!
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