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| 7th Aug 2007, Arable Fields near Rufford, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Several sturdy specimens growing amongst Dead-Nettles. |
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| 7th Aug 2007, Arable Fields near Rufford, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Upright on sturdy square stem, leaves long, lanceolate, slightly toothed. |
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| 7th Aug 2007, Arable Fields near Rufford, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Five white petals, axial symmetry. rear two overlapping. Middle pair fringed in centre. Three slightly hairy sepals arranged in an equilateral triangle behind the flower; two more pointing vertically downwards. Flowers may or may not have yellow marks and purple lines like cats whiskers on lowest petal, often due to hybridization with Wild Pansy. |
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| 7th Aug 2007, Arable Fields near Rufford, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowers are suspended singly from a 'Swans neck' crook in the flowering stem, which here is deeply grooved and tinged purple. |
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| 7th Aug 2007, Arable Fields near Rufford, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves narrow, lanceolate, bluntly toothed, and rounded at the tip come off single, or in pairs, from a stiff square upright stem. |
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| 30th July 2009, Arable Fields near Kingsley, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| Un-opened flower head on crooked square stem surrounded by five slightly hairy sepals pointed ready to hinge open. |
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| 30th July 2009, Arable Fields near Kingsley, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| The solid square upright stems. |
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| 30th July 2009, Arable Fields near Kingsley, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| Fruit developing within. |
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Some similarities to : Other Very strange that books seem not to mention the square stems. Habitat : Farmers arable fields. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
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