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Carl Farmer |
Common in bogs, marshes, ditches and pools. Flower diameter c 3 mm (ssp palustre), c 4.5 mm (ssp elongatum) Skye ID: Leaves 1-veined, in whorls of 4-6. Flowers white, petals much longer than tube. Other features: Not forming mats like Heath Bedstraw. Stems straggle upwards supported on surrounding vegetation, and flowers are in loose spreading panicles when fully open (still compact in these pictures, which are of ssp elongatum). Stems smooth or slightly rough on the angles, but not clinging to clothing like Goosegrass. Prickles on leaf-edge are supposed to be backward-pointing but can generally be found pointing in all directions. |
