Persicaria vivipara

Photo © Carl Farmer
29 Jun 2003 Suardal, Isle of Skye
Flowering part (not bulbils) 14 mm high

Occasional in hills on damp grassy or stony ground.

Flowers 3-4 mm long. Plant typically 15 cm high, smaller on high tops.

Skye ID: Flowers in the top half of the spike and purple bulbils in the lower half, or in mountain-top plants bulbils only.

Other features: Leaves narrow, tapering to base, their stalks not winged, arising from conspicuous joints with brown sheathing stipules. Stems unbranched.

Persicaria vivipara

Photo © Carl Farmer
29 Jun 2003 Suardal, Isle of Skye
Flowering part (not bulbils)
14 mm high

Persicaria vivipara

Photo © Carl Farmer 17 Jul 2003 Storr, Isle of Skye		Photo © Carl Farmer 17 Jul 2003 Storr, Isle of Skye Spike of bulbils 2 cm high
Plant with bulbils only, on high exposed ground

Skye Flora