Broddle132 & Forbes
GPS accuracy 150m, damp slope. Annual, sparsely pilose, 7 - 14 cm. Central erect stem with several stems coming from the same point at the base. 2 - 5 stems lax then become erect. Leaves no stipules, sessile, linear, <20 mm length, 1 mm wide. Flower colour not recorded, ?with basal appendages. Reflexed, linear pods < 40 mm long. WRSR.
Plant 12cm tall. South/east facing, soil damp, sandy, base of limestone outcrop, partial shade. 10 months post burn.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24677120
This insect is what emerged from the galls in the above observation.
taken me 30yrs to see this megatick plant in the wild, so well happy with the obs! fls smell curiously of hot electrical appliance! some stems eaten by Otomys are resprouting (see pic);