Photo © John Birks |
Found among wet rocks in two localities in the Cuillins. Not known from anywhere else in the British Isles. Flower diameter c 7-10 mm. Pod c 20-40 mm on stalk c 8-15 mm. Skye ID: Flowers as shown, with 4 white unnotched petals. All leaves undivided but toothed and hairy, the basal leaves narrowing into a short stalk, the stem leaves clasping the stem with a pair of rounded lobes (see picture below right). Pods narrow and straight, not held close up against the stem like those of Hairy Rock-cress. Spreads by above-ground creeping stems, which Hairy Rock-cress does not. Other features: The stem and leaves have star-like hairs, radiating in clusters from a single base point, as do many other Crucifer species. The sepals are rather bulging and are about half the length of the petals. |
