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Carl Farmer |
Quite frequent on hills and mountains, among scree or damp grass. Leaves c 2-5 cm long. Petals c 2.5-3.5 mm long. Skye ID: Leaves divided into 3 main sections, these in turn divided each into 3 sections, which may have further divisions but these not or only just to base. Lesser Meadow-rue has leaves with 5 or 7 main sections. Other features: Flowers, with purple petals and yellow protruding stamens, arising on stalks from an unbranched spike. Lesser M-rue has more yellowish or greenish petals and branched spike. |
