Common name:
Dittander
Family:
Scientific name:
Lepidium latifolium
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations in England, Wales and central Scotland. Most widespread in East Anglia and around the Bristol Channel
Height:
Up to 150 cm
Habitat:
Saltmarsh margins, rough grassland, waste ground
Flowers:
Around 2.5 mm in diameter; four purplish sepals with white margins, and four larger, clawed white petals. Stamens have white filaments and yellow anthers, and are exserted. The central pistil is purple in colour, topped by a pale yellow stigma. Flowers are arranged in large, panicular clusters
Leaves:
Alternate, stalked, hairless, greyish-green, lanceolate, sometimes with a pair of lobes at the base. Up to 30 cm long, for basal leaves. Basal and lower stem leaves are lined by a few teeth
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
