Skye Flora

Water Avens

Geum rivale

 

Geum rivale

Photo © Carl Farmer
24 May 2003 Portree, Isle of Skye
Flower 18 mm diameter at mouth

Common in marshy ground and beside burns.

Flower diameter c 15 mm

Skye ID: Deep pink sepals, pale pinkish petals, sometimes yellow-tinged but more pink than yellow.  Stipules very small compared to Wood Avens, about 5 mm long.

Other features: Flower nodding, but erect in fruit.  Longer stipules and yellower flowers denote hybridisation with Wood Avens.

 

Geum rivale

Photo © Carl Farmer
24 May 2003 Portree, Isle of Skye
Flower 18 mm diameter at mouth

   Geum rivale

Photo © Carl Farmer
30 May 2003 Glenhinnisdale, Isle of Skye
Left: Flower held up to show inside

Above: Fruit, naturally upright

 

 

Geum rivale

Photo © Carl Farmer
24 May 2003 Portree, Isle of Skye
Leaf 24 mm long including stalk, stipules 5.5 mm long

Upper stem leaf, not compound

   Geum rivale

Photo © Carl Farmer
24 May 2003 Portree, Isle of Skye
Leaf 28 mm long including stalk, stipules 4.5 mm long

Lower stem leaf, trefoil
 

 

  Geum rivale

Photo © Carl Farmer
2 Jun 2002 Portree, Isle of Skye

  
     
     
     
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