Photo © Carl Farmer |
Occasional on damp ground near sea, especially on cliffs. Individual flowerheads 2-5 mm across, clustered into panicles c 15 cm across. Stems 30-120 cm tall. ID: Flowers purple, the individual composite-type flowerheads containing c 5-6 disk florets and no ray florets. Other features: Leaves palmate with c 3 leaflets (uppermost leaves with fewer, basal leaves with more). Leaves in opposite pairs, leaflets well-toothed and dotted with glands. A long white style protrudes from each of the tubular disk florets. |
