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Carl Farmer |
Common on roadsides and dry places on moorland. Height c 25-60 cm. Flower diameter c 12-18 mm. Skye ID: Stems round, not square, not with raised lines, not hairy or creeping or very thin. Other features: Leaves almost clasping stem at base, and with edges slightly downturned, rather glaucous and sometimes reddish on one or both sides, with translucent gland-dots. Petals have black gland-dots on margins and sometimes reddish markings on surface, especially on underside. Sepals also fringed with black dots. |
