Photographs: Toormore, Co.Cork |
Lesser Sea-spurrey 5-petaled pink flowers, petals shorter than sepals. White centres. 7 or less stamens. Most seeds without winged borders. Fleshy leaves, semi-cylindrical. Short stipules. Glandular-hairy, sprawling plant. Height/spread: To 20cm. Coastal, dryer salt-marshes, sea walls, muddy shingle. Similar: Greater Sea-spurrey, S. media. More robust plant. Petals longer than sepals. |