Question: I apologize for the less-than-great image quality, but I found these tiny flowers in the grass and haven't been able …
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I apologize for the less-than-great image quality, but I found these tiny flowers in the grass and haven't been able to find a name for them. One is a blueish color, maybe faintly purple, with darker stripes radiating from the center. The other is solid orange, and looked somewhat like a rose that hadn't fully bloomed when I first picked it. Any sort of help or even just a point in the right general direction would be appreciated, I can't find anything about these little guys!
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Dear smolbeau, I can try to assist you, but without knowing what region of the world these images were taken in, I can only offer educated guesses. There are upwards of 500,000 species of plants in the world and knowing the general location helps to narrow down the possible choices. The one on the left looks like Lysimachia arvensis (synonym: Anagallis arvensis), called scarlet pimpernel. The one of the right appears to be a species of Veronica, called speedwell. I can't tell you which one because there are a number of species and we would need leaves, stems, and inflorescences to determine exactly which one. Note the upper petal is larger than the lower petal, a characteristic of this genus. I hope this is helpful.
