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Rock Samphire from Umbellifer Family

Botanical Name

Crithmum maritimum

Soil

On rocky coasts and cliffs or more rarely shingle or sand by the sea in the South and West England and Wales, and Ireland

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Dry

Plant Type

Squat bushy grey hairless perennial with solid stems up to a foot high

Height x Spread in feet

1 x 2

Foliage

Grey thick fleshy leaves cut into narrow untoothed leaflets

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed

Yellowish-white in July-September followed by corky, olive-green to purplish fruit

Comment

Leaves make a good pickle.

Available as plant from British Wild Flower Plants