Skye Flora

Water Avens

Geum rivale

Photo © Carl Farmer
24 May 2003 Portree
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.

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Photo © Carl Farmer
24 May 2003 Portree
Flower 18 mm diameter at mouth

Left: Flower held up to show inside

Above: Fruit, naturally upright

Photo © Carl Farmer 24 May 2003 Portree Leaf 24 mm long including stalk, stipules 5.5 mm long		Photo © Carl Farmer 24 May 2003 Portree Leaf 28 mm long including stalk, stipules 4.5 mm long
Upper stem leaf, not compound		Lower stem leaf, trefoil

	Photo © Carl Farmer 2 Jun 2002 Portree



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