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Carl Farmer |
Frequent in marshy ground, pools and loch edges Flower diameter c 20-30 mm Skye ID: Flower with five red sepals longer and broader than the five purple petals. When not in flower can still be recognised by the large toothed leaves divided to base into 5 leaflets. Other features: Lower leaves often have 7 leaflets, topmost ones only 3. Upper leaves have large stipules with edge joined to leaf-stalk. Flower has epicalyx of five narrow purple segments outside the sepals. |
