Alex Hyde / Leadwort (Minuartia verna) growing on spoil heap next to lead mine. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Leadwort (Minuartia verna) growing on spoil heap next to lead mine. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Leadwort (Minuartia verna) growing on spoil heap next to lead mine. Magpie Mine, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rock sandwort (Minuartia rupestris) in flower, above Pordoi pass, Dolomites. Italy, July

Alex Hyde / Leadwort (Minuartia verna) flowering. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Niall Benvie / Close-up of Mossy cyphel (Minuartia sedoides)

Paul Hobson / Leadwort {Minuartia verna} growing on lead spoil, Peak District NP, England

Geoff Simpson / Spring sandwort {Minuartia verna} Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK

Paul Harcourt Davies / Capillary-leaved sandwort (Cherleria capillacea) flowering on mountainside, Mount Terminillo, Lazio, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cherleria (Cherleria capillacea) in flower on limestone high on Mount Terminillo, Lazio, Italy. July.