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Carl Farmer |
Frequent in rough waste ground such as felled forestry plantations, and as a weed of damp gardens. Also in hill country beside burns or on wet rock ledges. Plant c 25-80 cm tall. Flower diameter c 7-9 mm. Fruit capsules 4-6 cm. Skye ID: Tall herb with branches ascending almost vertically. All hairs on stems, apart from gland-tipped ones, more or less appressed, not spreading. Glandular hairs on calyx and often just below it. Stem has raised lines running down from the leaf edges. Stigma not 4-lobed but round and compact. Other features: Leaves unstalked. In late summer creeping stems grow from the base, with small leaves along their length and no leaf-rosette at the end. |
