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Carl Farmer |
Frequent on bare ground Flower diameter c 5-10 mm Skye ID: Flowers packed together in tight heads. White hairs on sepals project beyond sepal tip. Petals about as long as sepals. 10 stamens, 5 styles. Other features: Flowers often don't fully open. The heads remain tight in fruit. Plant usually sticky with gland-hairs. Bracts at base of infloresence green without brownish or whitish papery margins. Fruit capsule curved as in Common Mouse-ear |
