West Highland Flora

Scottish Asphodel


Tofieldia pusilla

 

Tofieldia pusilla

Photo © Craig Robson
16 July 2004 Ben Lawers region

Occasional in wet ground at high altitude, descending to as low as 150 m in the far north.

Stems to c 20 cm.  Flowers c 3-5 mm diameter

ID: Leaves flattened, all in the same plane, in a basal tuft, like those of the very common Bog Asphodel.  Flowers as shown.

Other features: Petals rounded instead of pointed as in Bog Asphodel, and coloured greenish- or yellowish-white.  Each flower has a 3-lobed bract at the base of its stalk.  Stem leaves very few or nil, much smaller than basal leaves.

 

Tofieldia pusilla

Photo © Craig Robson
16 July 2004 Ben Lawers region


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