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Carl Farmer |
Frequent in waste ground, often up against walls Flowerhead diameter c 2 cm when fully open Skye ID: Lower leaves are divided to the midrib into lobes of which the last is much the biggest and often the widest, see bottom picture. Stems hairless. Other features: Leaves are greyish rather than dark glossy green like Prickly Sow-thistle, though some plants of both species can be intermediate in this regard. Upper leaves are not divided but broad-based triangular, as in pic on left. In most parts of the country, and in the books, the flowers are a pale lemon yellow, but in Skye they are often the normal colour of other Sow-thistles and similar yellow-flowered Compositae. |
