Photo © Dr Stephen Bungard |
Occasional in moorland pools and lochs Leaves c 2-2.5 cm long, bladders c 3 mm. Skye ID: Leaves have teeth with bristles on, like U intermedia, but have many bladders on the green leaves, like U minor Other features: Leaves much larger and more divided than the other two species, not fan-shaped but with a distinct wavy central rachis/midrib off which the further divisions (leaflets) branch. Does not have colourless bladder-only stems like the other two species, but has many bladders on all the leaves. Does not flower this far north. The two species, U vulgaris ss and U australis, cannot be told apart with certainty on non-flowering specimens, and so are here lumped together. The plant in the pictures is U australis, and it is likely that all our plants are this species. |
