Common name:
Golden samphire
Family:
Scientific name:
Inula crithmoides
Main flower color:
Range:
The coasts of south and southwest England and Wales
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Saltmarsh, sea cliffs, pebble beach margins
Flowers:
Terminal clusters of a small number of flowerheads (up to 25 mm in diameter) at the top of the hairless, leafy stem. Flowerheads have yellow ray florets, yellow disc florets (withering to brown), and light green phyllaries, not recurved. Ray florets are at least twice as long as the phyllaries
Leaves:
Light green, succulent, hairless, up to 6 cm long, linear, often with two tiny lobes at the tip
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
