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Carl Farmer |
Only on sand dunes at Glenbrittle; plentiful there. Flower diameter c 10 mm, petals c 6 mm long. Skye ID: Easily identified from leaves alone, which are far larger and more divided than those of Alpine Meadow-rue, having 5-7 primary divisions, not 3, and these themselves divided into more or less trefoil sections which are again divided to the base. Other features: Flowers have 4 petals and no sepals (or vice versa if you like) which are dull yellow or greenish, often with a purple tinge. Flower-spike is richly branched, unlike Alpine M-rue which has stalked flowers each arising singly from main axis of spike. |
