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Carl Farmer |
Quite frequent around the shoreline. Not described as a coastal plant in the books but always seems to be so in Skye. Flower 10-20 mm long. Stem usually c 20-40 cm high. Skye ID: Flowers blue, in pairs, all on same side of stem, ceasing well below top of stem. Other features: Leaves opposite, soft, with shallow rounded teeth, short-stalked. Flowers with a tube much longer than the calyx, ending in typical Labiate two-lipped arrangement. Flowers Jul-Sep. Each stem only has a few flowers open at any one time. Calyx two-lobed, with a leaf-like scale on the back. |
