On 13 Jun 2006 15:05:34 -0700, "Squeezeweasel"
wrote:


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.)

Thanks Liz and Kay,

Yes it's Mountain Sorrel - I allowed myself to be misled by the
leaves, unlike any other Sorrel I know. Should know by now to look at
the flowers ;~) It is a really nice plant but I didn't see any others
nearby. This was the first time I've spent time in Cwm Idwal just
looking at plants etc. Usually passing through nackered at the end of
a long day on the tops.

Rod
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