Greater stitchwort, sometimes called shirt buttons, is very much a flower of woodlands and hedgerows so to find that its cousin, lesser stitchwort prefers grassy places, usually on acid soils is quite a surprise. This explains, however, why one often finds lesser stitchwort on heathland.
Whilst having similar characteristics to greater stitchwort lesser is, as its name suggests, much frailer with narrower stems and smaller leaves. The petals are much finer too giving it a very different look, whilst still feeling familiar. The narrow white flowers lead to its other common name, starwort.
It flowers from May until August (greater stitchwort flowers earlier than this) and is quite common in the right habitat.
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