Common name:
Danish scurvygrass
Family:
Scientific name:
Cochlearia danica
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal locations, including beach margins, walls and dunes, and inland along roadsides, where salt accumulates
Height:
Up to 20 cm, though often prostrate
Habitat:
Ireland, Wales, England and southern Scotland
Flowers:
Four clawed, ovate, white to pale pink petals, four shorter, cupped, greenish sepals, six stamens and a greenish pistil
Fruit:
Short (6 mm long), two-valved, egg-shaped capsules
Leaves:
Thick, stalked, heart- to ivy-shaped; at the base and along the stems. Purplish during dry conditions
Season:
January to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
