Pale Lemon Flower ID Please

[dbozkurt]

Found this pale Lemon flower in a peat bog, North Uist Outer Hebrides yesterday. We walked around about 5 miles and saw about 10 or 12 of these. They mostly had 1 or 2 flowers, there could be 1/2 mile or more between each small plant. The flowers were only about an inch in diameter. Some were more battered than others but we were in flooded bog fields and the drier places the deer were running on.



I looked it up in my book but couldn't seen any resemblence. Any advice would be great

Ta Debs

[The Woodman]

Consider the rushes and sedges rather than flowers? Try deer grass (or a subspecies) which grows in acid places. Difficult to id without sample in the hand. Good luck.

[mrs fish]

It looks like "Common Cottongrass" an inhabitant of bogs.

[Adam Cheeseman]

From the photo I would say it is one of the rush family. Stem doesn't look angled and the flower head isn't right for a sedge. They are reasonably easy to key out with a decent key and a hand lens.

cheers,

Adam

[ceterach]

I think almost impossible to nail it for certain without examining the plant. I think you will find that the yellow colour is provided by stamens and hence it is a sedge species. Easily confirmed if the stem was three-sided.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

From the photo I would say it is one of the rush family. Stem doesn't look angled and the flower head isn't right for a sedge. They are reasonably easy to key out with a decent key and a hand lens.

cheers,

Adam

I've just had a quick look through my field guides and despite the fact the stem doesn't look angled I wouldn't rule out all of the sedges.

Cheers,

Adam