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Carl Farmer |
Frequent in woods and shady places at low altitudes on good soils. Flower c 12-16 mm long. Leaf-blades c 4-9 cm long. Skye ID: Flower claret-coloured with whitish markings, upper lip hood-shaped and lower lip divided into 3 obvious lobes, the middle one much the largest. Middle lobe not notched. Calyx with 5 near-equal teeth. Leaves from midway up stem have blades less than twice as long as wide, the leaf stalk more than a third as long as the blade. Other features: Flowers in whorls of about 6 at the base of leaf-like bracts, or the lowest one or two whorls at the base of leaves proper. No gradual change from leaves to bracts as you go up stem, but a clear discontinuity. Fruit has 4 nutlets as in all Labiatae (see bottom right pic) |
