Common name:
Rock sea-spurry
Family:
Scientific name:
Spergularia rupicola
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal areas of Ireland, Wales, west/south England and west Scotland
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Sea cliffs and other coastal rocky places
Flowers:
Solitary or in small clusters at the top of the stems; five greenish-purple sepals, and five ovate, pale to dark pink petals, similar in length. At the centre are three styles and ten stamens, toped by transverse yellow anthers. Sepals and pedicels have a dense covering of short, glandular hairs
Leaves:
Short, fleshy, cylindrical, pointed at the tip
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
