Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles

The weekend was taken up by a workshop  based in Ullapool on the critical group of the genus Alchemilla (Lady’s-mantles).  The most interesting thing to me was the presence of lots of Alchemilla glaucescens (Silky Lady’s-mantle) on  the Durness limestone near Ullapool and Inchnadamph.

Alchemilla glaucescens

Given the extensive Durness limestone on Skye, there has to be a chance of finding this Nationally Scarce plant in VC 104.

I had hoped to see A. glomerulans (Clustered Lady’s-mantle) in the wild as well but had to be content with a specimen in a pot plus some bits from a garden-grown plant. We have one recent record from Eigg but again, I would expect it to be elsewhere.

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