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Carl Farmer |
Quite frequent in the right conditions: shady woodland floor with a carpet of dead leaves. Also occasionally in shade of rocks or walls where soil is not too acid. Top leaves c 2.5-4 cm long. Flowers c 5-8 mm diameter. Skye ID: Flower tube equal in length to the spreading petals. In other Skye Galium sp the tube is much shorter than the petals. Other features: Leaves normally 6-8 in a whorl. A neat, rather squat plant, not straggling. Leaves with forwardly-directed prickles along the edges, and one main vein, not three. Hairy only immediately below each whorl of leaves. Fruit has hooked bristles which cling to animal fur to aid dispersal. |
