Wild ID this please

[lightshipman]

Looking for id on this please

Unkown by Andrew Wright, on Flickr

 

[Tintin124]

Was it white or the purple?

I've seen both white and purple ones and think they have different names What sort of area did you shoot this woodland, meadow etc?

 

[Graham]

Was it white or the purple?

I've seen both white and purple ones and think they have different names What sort of area did you shoot this woodland, meadow etc?

Looks blue to me, I've seen them too, maybe just a weed.

 

[GardenersHelper]

My wife thinks it looks like it is in the Geranium family (Cranesbill) or a close relative. Blue anthers are unusual apparently. This was the closest image she could find on the Internet. She found this page from a book about North American plants which mentions occasional blue anthers on wild geraniums.

 

[lightshipman]

Was it white or the purple?

I've seen both white and purple ones and think they have different names What sort of area did you shoot this woodland, meadow etc?

It is more of a pale blue, growing on an open are of grass on the estate I live on. Unfortunately when I came home last night the grass had been mown so I couldn't try to get an image with more accurate colour. It isn't growing all over, just in one spot, it's not very common.