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Carl Farmer |
Uncommon, on roadsides and waste ground. Flowerheads c 2-3 mm diameter. Stems c 60-120 cm. Leaves c 5-8 cm long. Flower-spikes appear late in season, see bottom pics. First 3 pics are pre-flowering. Skye ID: Leaves dark green above, whitish beneath, deeply divided into jagged segments. Florets brownish-red. Flowerheads densely clustered in long narrow leafy panicle. Other features: Outer florets female, narrow. Inner florets hermaphrodite, widened at top. All florets are tubular. |
