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| 6th Aug 2009, Dyserth, Rhyl, N. Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
| A tall and sturdy single-stem plant with amazing display of flowers nearly all the way up the stem. |
| 6th Aug 2009, Dyserth, Rhyl, N. Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers are in whorled tetruplets, arranged at right-angles to each other around the stem, all the way up the stem. |
| 6th Aug 2009, Dyserth, Rhyl, N. Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flower comprises, unusually, of just a single flat(ish) petal hanging as a lip above a curved and covering purple or beetroot-coloured bract. |
| 6th Aug 2009, Dyserth, Rhyl, N. Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
| The stem is green and purple. |
| 6th Aug 2009, Dyserth, Rhyl, N. Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
| Purple coloured cowl covers a single white petal looking like a lip. There are some serpentine innards. |
| 6th Aug 2009, Dyserth, Rhyl, N. Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
| Each flower also has a (largely hidden in most cases) lower bract [which has spiny upwardly directed teeth] beneath the single white petal. There are also two spur bracts between the jaws, helping to hide the inner parts of the flower. |
| 6th Aug 2009, Dyserth, Rhyl, N. Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
| The pinnate leaves are large, glossy green, with broad angular teeth. |
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Some similarities to :
Family resemblance to : Uniquely identifiable characteristics : There is no other quite like this. No relation to : Bearberry [a plant with similar name] A tall plant to 1 metre. There seems some confusion over its' common name, variously called Bearsbreech, Bearsbreeches, Bears' Breech, or Bears' Breeches. Perhaps this confusion arises because it belongs to the Bearsbreech Family, of which there is but one member (at least in the UK). You are more likely to find this growing in or near a garden than growing wild. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
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