Photographs: Galley Head, Cork

Rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rubicola Cabróis na gcloch Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native. Pink or white flowers, 5-petalled, petals same length as sepals. !0 stamens. Sticky/hairy stems and leaves. Whorls of fleshy, narrow, pointed leaves. Sometimes has silvery stipules at base of leaf whorls. Un-winged seeds. Height/spread: 5-15cm. Coastal, on rocks, cliffs, ledges, walls, short grassland.

    
Inchidoney, Clonakilty, Co.Cork. June 2007 Old Head, Kinsale, Co.Cork. July 2007