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Penny-pies?

Umbiliucus rupestris?

Description:

stem brittle and leaves fairly brittle too. It smelled fairly familiar, perhaps like crushed mange tout pea pods. The brittleness and 'lush-ness' certainly reminded me of mange tout pea pods Are the purple bits xylem and/or phloem? from what I remember the flowers were on a vertical spike like a common heath orchids flowers but they were more sparse than a common heath orchids flowers. Wikipedia says U. rupestris can be used medicinally (and perhaps can be eaten too?): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilicus_r... Previously I thought it could be Hydrocotyle vulgaris: According to wikipedia H. vulgaris is the only native Hydrocotyle species (although there is at least one other invading species: Hydrocotyle ranuculoides) in Britain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocotyle...

Notes:

dj - location wrong atm. supposed to be near porthmadog where I found some chanterelles

1 Comment

Lipase
Lipase 10 years ago

nbngateway has no records of Hydocotyle umbellata in the UK which makes me think it's something else (perhaps closely related?)

Lipase
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Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Spotted on May 12, 2013
Submitted on May 12, 2013

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