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Carl Farmer |
Common on moorland. Height c 8-15 cm. Flower c 2-2.5 cm long Skye ID: Upper (hooded) petal has 2 small teeth near top, no others lower down. 5-angled calyx has 4 leafy lobes, not 2. Other features: Plant is shorter than Marsh Lousewort and less upright in growth. Plants with a hairy calyx are ssp hibernica; those with a hairless one are ssp sylvatica. In North Skye the two seem about equally common but in the South the latter is generally commoner. |
