WildBristol.uk - Discovering Wildlife in Bristol

Common and widespread throughout the UK. Habitat includes: wet places (fresh and brackish) such as damp fields, marshes, ditches, flushes, rutted woodland rides, margins of ponds, lakes, streams, dune-slacks etc. Flowers: June to September. Growing habit: Rhizomatous Perennial. Decumbent / prostrate plant with stems that arch upwards from a tufted base. Height: Up to 80 cm.