Flower ID

micearguers

It has been in bloom for about 3-4 weeks I estimate, roughly during the month of May. it's in a road verge.

fidgetbones

Is this the UK?

micearguers

@fidgetbones, forgot to say, yes, East Anglia. Could potentially have been seeded (it's in a work place), but nearby there is nothing that suggests anything exotic, rather lots of weeds typical for verges (dock, herb robert, ground ivy et cetera).

Papi Jo

Linum grandiflorum see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linum_grandiflorum

micearguers

Fab, thanks @Papi Jo ! Interesting plant, think I will give it a try in my "tapestry lawn" project - it's not unlike a verge actually, just excluding the rampant weeds.

Papi Jo

That plant is often used in "meadow flower" planting (or rather seeding) where I live. It's a variation on the normal blue colour of Linum.

Here is a pic I took some years ago.