Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Inchidoney, Co.Cork 
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Frosted Orache Spike of tiny flowers, male flowers have 5 stamens. Bracteoles fused to halfway. Very mealy, silvery-grey, wavy-edged, diamond-shaped leaves. Stems reddish, mealy. Very distinctive sprawling growth habit. Spread: To 30cm. Coastal, sand, shingle, occasionally on salt-marsh drift-lines. Populations are often sporadic. Less frequent on W coasts. 
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Photographs above: Inchidoney, Co.Cork. July 2007
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