Common name:
Honewort
Family:
Scientific name:
Trinia glauca
Main flower color:
Range:
A few locations in Bristol, south Devon and northwest Somerset, near the coast
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Exposed calcareous grassland and rocky places
Flowers:
Compound umbels of four to seven rays, either short and equal in length, the umbel around 1 cm in diameter (male plants), or longer and unequal, the umbel up to 4 cm in diameter (female plants). Individual flowers are greenish-white, and very small, subtended by narrow bracteoles. There are no bracts at the base of the umbel
Leaves:
Pinnately divided up to three times, into narrow lobes, with a greyish, waxy surface
Season:
May to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
