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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: MullAndy on July 13, 2019, 04:52:26 PM

Title: Anybody know this plant
Post by: MullAndy 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
Title: Re: Anybody know this plant
Post by: ashley on July 13, 2019, 06:41:19 PM: It looks like Saxifraga stellaris.
Title: Re: Anybody know this plant
Post by: Maggi Young 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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Title: Re: Anybody know this plant
Post by: MullAndy on July 13, 2019, 09:08:36 PM: Looks good to me, many thanks for the help. :)
Title: Re: Anybody know this plant
Post by: Karaba 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.