Common name:
Sea kale
Family:
Scientific name:
Crambe maritima
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal areas of England, Wales, Ireland and southern Scotland
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Margins of sand and shingle beaches
Flowers:
Four yellowish green sepals and four off-white petals, slightly overlapping and somewhat irregular in arrangement. Six yellowish stamens and a reddish pistil topped with a yellow stigma
Fruit:
Ovate capsules, with a narrow stem-like section underneath
Leaves:
Hairless, grey-green, thick, waxy, ovate, with lobed and wrinkled margins. Up to 30 cm long, at the base; stem leaves are smaller
Season:
June to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
