Photo © Carl Farmer |
Found here and there on sea cliffs and sandy or gravelly shores. Also occurs on mountain rocks and scree, as in picture on left. Flower diameter c 20-25 mm Skye ID: Inflated calyx marked as in pic on left separates it from White Campion and white forms of Red Campion These have a non-bulging calyx, with strong vertical ribs and no cross-markings Other features: Leaves glaucous and somewhat fleshy. A prostrate plant, separable from the closely-related but upright Bladder Campion, which has not been found on Skye, by the mouth of the calyx being wider than its base, and from Red and White Campions, which are also upright, by having 3 styles rather than 5. |
