Photo © Carl Farmer |
Common in bog pools and loch edges Height above water c 10-30 cm in flower. Flower diameter c 15-20 mm. ID: 5 petals, white, with pinkish undersides, fringed with long white hairs. Other features: Leaves with three waxy-smooth, upright concave leaflets make this plant unmistakable in its habitat even when not flowering. The leaves arise along a floating rhizome which they sheathe with their bases. As with the Primrose, some flowers have long styles and some short, to assist cross-pollination. |
