Common name:
Sea stock
Family:
Scientific name:
Matthiola sinuata
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered coastal areas of south Wales, southwest England and south Ireland
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Sea cliffs and sand dunes, usually very close to the upper margins of beaches
Flowers:
Around 30 mm in diameter; four pink to purple petals, white at the centre, and four hairy sepals with yellow glands. Flowers form as a loose cluster at the top of the stem
Fruit:
Narrow, downy pods, slightly curved, up to 12 cm long
Leaves:
Lanceolate, covered with woolly, greyish hairs and a scattering of yellow glands. Edges are lined by coarse, wavy teeth
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
