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MullAndy

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Anybody know this plant
« on: July 13, 2019, 04:52:26 PM »
Hi Everybody,
 Trying to get an ID on this plant for my Father-in-Law.
Not the best of photos, hopefully might be able to get it from the leaf.

Photo'd at around 2000ft in the Arrochar Alps in Argyll, about 3 weeks ago.

TIA, Andy

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Re: Anybody know this plant
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2019, 06:41:19 PM »
It looks like Saxifraga stellaris.
Ashley Allshire, Cork, Ireland

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Re: Anybody know this plant
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2019, 06:53:09 PM »
I think Ashley  is  correct -  you  can see  various  photos  in the  Forum of this species by  a  search - including this  one which shows the  leaves  quite  well   .... from Diane  Clement  in 2008

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Re: Anybody know this plant
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2019, 09:08:36 PM »
Looks good to me, many thanks for the help.  :)

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Re: Anybody know this plant
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2019, 10:44:31 AM »
I'm not fully conviced by this name. Hairs on the stem, bracts quite developped, flower bud erect, flower spike compact, shape of the petal don't fit well with Micranthes (=Saxifraga) stellaris. But I have no other solution. Is there an other picture of the flower ? Micranthes (=Saxifraga) stellaris has very peculiar flower with orange dots.
Yvain Dubois - Isère, France (Zone 7b)  _ south east Lyon

 


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