Common name:
Rock sea-lavender
Family:
Scientific name:
Limonium binervosum
Main flower color:
Range:
Along the coasts of Wales and England
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Coastal cliffs, pebble beach margins
Flowers:
Up to 7 mm long, pink in colour, formed of five notched petals, five short stamens topped by white anthers, and a purplish, ribbed, toothed calyx. Flowers form in compact clusters, well separated from each other, along the leafless stem branches; stems divide several times, from below the middle
Leaves:
Basal, obovate, greyish-green, up to 5 cm long, tapering at the base to winged stalks, with a midvein and a fainter pair of parallel side veins
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
