[Taxacom] Help needed with plant ID (Brooklyn, NY)

[Timothy Jones]

Agree with Pete.  Common in the cracks of a flagstone path that gets plenty
of dihydrogen monoxide.  Maybe M. pumila?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Peter Phillipson <
Peter.Phillipson at mobot.org> wrote:

> Looks like Mazus reptans (Phymaceae) to me.
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> Pete Phillipson
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Dilrukshan Wijesinghe <dpwijesinghe at yahoo.com>
> Date: 16/06/2015 4:46 am (GMT+01:00)
> To: Taxacom List <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Help needed with plant ID (Brooklyn, NY)
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> I would appreciate help in identifying a small inconspicuous herbaceous
> plant occasionally found growing in sidewalk/pavement cracks here in
> Brooklyn, New York. It appears to have opposite lobed leaves and an
> irregular white-mauve flower, the latter with a pair of yellow spots on the
> lower "lip". It is found growing in places preferred by Sagina procumbens
> (Birdseye Pearlwort) - i.e. pavement cracks with rather rich soil not
> subject to drying. I have considered all the likely families and genera in
> this area with irregular flowers but nothing seems to match.
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> Please see the five most recent photos in my (Elaphrornis) Flickr
> Photostream:
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/23177312 at N06
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> Thanks in advance for any help.
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> Priyantha
> D. P. Wijesinghe
> dpwijesinghe at yahoo.com
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