Common name:
Rock samphire
Family:
Scientific name:
Crithmum maritimum
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal areas of the south and west
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Exposed, rocky places along the coast
Flowers:
Yellowish-green, in compound umbels of between eight and 30 stout rays, which have triangular, pale green bracts at the base and similar-looking bracteoles at the top. Individual flowers are just a couple of mm wide
Leaves:
Glaucous, hairless, fleshy; pinnately divided into narrow, linear lobes, triangular in cross-section
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
