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Carl Farmer |
Rare but locally plentiful on wet stony ground in mountains. Tepals c 3-4.5 mm long. Fruit c 4-6 mm. Stems c 4-15 mm high. ID: Usually 3 flowers, sometimes 2. Bracts usually papery without any green, not longer than flowerhead. If you find the plant at all it is usually easy to find some 3-flowered, short-bracted specimens that cannot be confused with Two-flowered Rush. Flowers/fruit are more or less on the same level, not one above the other as in Two-flowered Rush. Other features: Stems in small tufts. Taller than Two-flowered Rush. Leaves mostly from the base, flowerhead at end of long bare stem. |
