Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) sstr.
Diagnostic description:
An erect, hairless, branched annual. Stems 5 to 12 cm tall. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, up to 18 mm long. Flowers about 6 mm across with 5 white petals, on long stalks, forming a dichasium; sepals three-veined, ovate-lanceolate, pointed and glandular-hairy, longer than the petals.
Distribution:
Local: Common and widespread throughout the Upper Rock.
Global: Found in western and southern Europe, north Africa and south-west Asia.
Ecology:
Flowers from (February) March to April (May).
Habitat:
Grows in clearings and along footpaths.