Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum)
Very variable, low/short, slightly hairy, with leafy non-flowering shoots. Leaves fuzzy and pointed - like a mouse's ear. Flowers white with petals deeply notched; April-November.

Fairly common, but hard to find. Look among long grass in meadow or around edges of cultivation.

Spotters' score: 4

ref: p.56/5

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Common Mouse-Ear