Rod wrote:
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


There are several things that commonly get called sorrel in these here
parts.
You get things with clover like leaves and white or yellow or pink
flowers from Oxalis
that you see wild or as invasive weeds sometimes. Then there are some
docks (Rumex) that have neat acidic tasting leaves a little bit like
the ones on your plant. They have giveaway dock flower heads, again
like your Mountain sorrel. There is also a herb/salad sorrel that
might be different again?

Des


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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