 Photo ©
Carl Farmer |
Rare in burns and edges of lochs Flower diameter c 10-15 mm. Flower stalks up to 10 cm. Skye ID: With its 3-petalled flowers it could only be confused with Narrow-leaved Water-plantain, but that has flowers in several regular whorls up the stem, ours has just one whorl, or umbel, of up to 20 long-stalked flowers spreading out irregularly in all directions Other features: In the fruiting stage can easily be mistaken for the totally unrelated Lesser Spearwort, which often grows with it. But the way the many long fruiting stalks all arise from the same point make this plant easy to recognise. |
