Photographs: Co.Cork |
Common Scurvygrass Crowded racemes of white flowers. Petals More than 4mm long. Rounded seed pods. Slightly fleshy leaves. Long-stalked basal leaves, kidney-heart shaped. Stem leaves triangular, stalkless, toothed. Height: Usually more than 13cm. Frequent, coastal. Estuaries and saltmarshes, sea-shores, cliffs, walls. Similar: English Scurvygrass, C. anglica. Flattened seedpods. Basal leaves tapered at base. |
Above: Common Scurvygrass. June and April 2007