Photo © John Birks |
Rare on mountain scree and rock ledges Flower diameter c 3-5 mm. Leaves c 5-18 mm Skye ID: Flowers with 10 stamens and 4-5 styles, petals about as long as sepals. Differs from Heath Pearlwort in not having central non-flowering rosettes, and in most leaves ending in a point less than half as long as the width of the leaf. Other features: Plant hairless. Petals often slightly notched. Sepals appressed in ripe fruit. Note that both Heath Pearlwort and Procumbent Pearlwort occur in the same mountain habitats where one would look for Alpine Pearlwort, and are both much commoner than it. |
