A shrub, three to five feet high, which may globe flower be found on hilly downs, bushy places and wastes. Often confounded with the Furze, by the non-botanical rambler, due, no doubt, to the similarity of the flowers. and the globe flower partiality of both for heaths and commons. The principal
difference between the two is, thar whilst the Furze has sharp spines instead of ordinary leaves, the Broom rarely puts on globe flower any prickles at all. It has numerous long, erect green branches and has compound leaves, of three small leaflets. The large, bright yellow flowers are solitary or in pairs, on globe flower slender stalks springing from the axils of the old leaves.
Found in moist pastures and the neighbourhood of streams. especially in hilly locahties, although rather scarce in flower globe southeastern England. It is a perennial, and has a short, thick rootstock from which hand some leaves spread on very long footstalks. The leaves are roundish or kidney-shaped, cut globe flower into seven or nine lobes, with toothed edges. Each lobe is folded along the middle, and this pleating, combined with the pinked edge, suggested the name of Lady's Mantle globe flower. The slender stem, a toot or eighteen inches long, is at first decumbent, afterwards assuming a more upright direction.
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