Common name:
Sea mayweed
Family:
Scientific name:
Tripleurospermum maritimum
Main flower color:
Range:
All around the UK coastline
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Sea cliffs, margins of pebble or sandy beaches
Flowers:
Flowerheads, up to 4 cm in diameter, have broad, white ray florets around a domed centre of tiny yellow ray florets; they are clustered, attached by long stalks. Phyllaries are light green, brown along the margins, in several overlapping rows, tightly pressed against the involucre
Leaves:
Pinnately divided two or three times into narrow, linear, fleshy lobes, with a sparse, flour-like coating
Season:
April to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
