Common name:
Sea purslane
Family:
Scientific name:
Halimione portulacoides
Synonym:
Atriplex portulacoides
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal regions of Wales, England, eastern Ireland and southern Scotland
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Drier regions of saltmarshes, along the upper margins
Flowers:
Small, in dense, vertical spikes, formed of five sepals, greyish pink to dull yellow
Leaves:
Ovate to lanceolate, unlobed, hairless, fleshy, greyish-green; narrower towards the top of the stem branches. A shrub, with stems woody towards the base
Season:
July to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
