This flower looks very much like one of the heathers and it is a member of the Ericaceae. It grows in good numbers on Flaxmere, a floating bog in Cheshire alongside Vaccinium oxycoccus (Cranberry). They look very good together flowering in May. The biggest problem finding and photographing flowers like these is the terrain. You must hop from tuft to tuft and definitely not go in a wet spring.
Flaxmere, Cheshire, 17th May 2004
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Amended on 31st October 2004