Rod wrote:
I know there's one or two good field botanists moving among us. Wonder
if anybody knows this plant. Found in this afternoon in Cwm Idwal under
a rock close to a small waterfall, so it's a fairly wet site. The links
are to the same picture but 02 is better quality(much bigger file)
A delightful afternoon away from the garden that I was supposed to be
working in. Well it rained at home but NOT in Cwm Idwal - that's my
excuse anyway ;~}}
Thanks
Rod
It's Mountain Sorrel (and is edible, apparently - acidy-tasting
leaves). Roger Philips' Wild Flowers of Britain has a photo on p 117,
and says:
'A native perennial found in damp, rocky places and streamsides on
mountains. Fairly common in NW Scotland; rare elsewhere though found in
the Lake District, N Wales and W Ireland.'
(Just in case it's helpful, I usually use the key in David Sutton's
Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe
alongside the index in Roger Philips, which doesn't have a key. I'd
heartily recommend both books.)
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