Brookweed - Samolus valerandi
Favourite Photos
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Brookweed - Samolus valerandi | dylan | Max Bog | 4 Jul 2023, 8:06 p.m. | 23 Jun 2023, 4:15 p.m. | |
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Brookweed - Samolus valerandi | dylan | Max Bog | 4 Jul 2023, 8:06 p.m. | 23 Jun 2023, 4:15 p.m. | |
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Brookweed - Samolus valerandi | dylan | Max Bog | 4 Jul 2023, 8:06 p.m. | 23 Jun 2023, 4:16 p.m. | |
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Brookweed - Samolus valerandi | dylan | Max Bog | 4 Jul 2023, 8:06 p.m. | 23 Jun 2023, 4:16 p.m. |
Species Description
Widespread and locally common throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Wet places such as streams, flushes, bogs, ditches, pond margins etc. Growing habit: Perennial. Height: Up to 45 cm. Flowers: June to August.
Stace 4:
Samolus valerandi L. - Brookweed.
Stems to 45cm, erect; leaves 1-8cm, obovate; flowers 2-4mm, in terminal and axillary racemes, each with one small bracteole on pedicel; 2n=26. Native; wet places, especially by streams and flushes near the sea; coasts of British Isles, except North & East Scotland, frequent in East England but otherwise rare inland.