Aug 10, 2007, 360, more plant identification

Vero, you and your friends are certainly trying at this, many thanks, so here is a little more information. As can be seen from the picture all flowers have died off now, they went a month or so ago after quite a long flowering. It's 11.00 pm and I've just been out and pulled this up from the garden. The stem isn't usually seen because the ground is covered with these pretty little Rosette plants, and the stems are hidden under the plant. However, now that we can see it the stem is slightly woody and a little pink, it is smooth with no hairs. The outer leaves, the older ones are a bit discolored, some have turned yellow/red. The root is just a continuation of the woody stem and it just throws off lots of little creeping rosettes which form their own root system.
I do live in Scotland, on the East coast so this plant survives in coastal areas with quite high winds but our air quality is very good, very little pollution here. I've just looked up some information you may find useful, Latitude 55.56, Longitude -2.58, highest temp around 30 C lowest around temp -15C both extremes very unusual. Jan/Feb coldest months, June/July warmest months. I know from experience we CAN get ground frost into April, but we don't always get it that late. We ALWAYS get some snow even though the worse of it tends to fall inland. I've lived in this house for 5/6 years and these plants were here in the garden when I moved in. In that time we have had some very severe winters but this little plant still comes up and flowers every year. It flowers early in the summer and the tiny little flowers are supported on long hairy slightly pink stems.
SO..................what do you think?? does this help you and your horticultural friends in this little garden mystery??
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