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Chickweed wintergreen
Trientalis europaea
57.3286, -4.52086
Field Notes
Description:
It is a small herbaceous perennial plant with one or more whorls of obovate leaves. The leaves take on a copper hue in late summer. The solitary white flowers (1–2 cm diameter, usually with 6-8 petals) appear in midsummer.
Habitat:
This is a woodland indicator species, and in Scotland it is found on acid, organic soils, mainly in pine, birch and oak woodland and moorland which has supported woodland in the past.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2013
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