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Carl Farmer |
Very common in moorland, grassland and heathery ground. Flowerhead diameter c 1.5-2.5 cm Skye ID: Nothing else like it on Skye. Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis, was reported from Skye pre-1970 and could be found again; it has the outer florets considerably enlarged, especially in their outer petals. Devilsbit has all the flowers approximately the same size, and with (almost) equal-sized petals. Other features: Individual flowers 4-lobed. Some plants are hermaphrodite (like one on left), others wholly female. Flowers normally blue but occasionally pink. |
