Wild flower/plant ID please!

[SoupDragon]

Does anyone know what this is? It was growing abundantly in drifts in some local woods and was just so beautiful. The flowers were perhaps "lawn daisy" sized.

Oh, oh, I'm pretty sure I know this as I asked a friend on a walk last week! Check for Greater Stitchwort pictures.

That looks like it! Thank you :)

I could find similar flower but on the wrong stems. It was just so pretty. I don't think I've ever spotted it before.

There’s a great app called Picture This which identifies plants for you.

She said you can recognise it because the petals come in pairs. Interesting, because I certainly don't remember seeing it in such quantities before, so it must be having a good year!

Could be wild Anemones

@bookbuddy

Could be wild Anemones

The levels aren't right for anenomes.

@Lucia574

There’s a great app called Picture This which identifies plants for you.

Or, there's Mumsnet 😂😂

I did look at the app before but I'm too mean to pay the annual subscription as I don't often want plants identified.

This is what Picture This app says...

I certainly don't remember seeing it in such quantities before, so it must be having a good year!
Yes, it seems to have gone mad this year! It is so pretty.

I think the non-premium version of the app is free, isn’t it? I just keep clicking “cancel” when it asks me if I’d like to pay.

The levels aren't right for anenomes.

Nor the flowers.

Greater stitchwort is right; there are a few somewhat similar flowers which it's worth comparing and contrasting with e.g field mouse ear (lovely name), and white campion - the leaves are quite different but at a passing glance the flowers could be confused.

You can buy plug plants from Naturescape and other wildflower suppliers. Chiltern used to do seeds, don’t know if they still do. It’s a lot less fragile than it looks