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A perennial with lobed leaves and purplish-pink flowers with white bases. The seed pods have long-beaked seeds resembling a bird bill. Common on grass verges and a typical hay meadow species.
Other names: Thunder flower
Height: 70 cm
Altitude Limit: 870m Helvellyn