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| Mary-Jane |
Just interested to know what this is...We saw this growing quite prolifically in clumps on the beach today. It seemed so odd that it could survive the salty/windy/sunny environment. Anyone know what it is?
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| Chez |
Is it sea-camphire? Not sure ... | ||
| Jamanda |
Can you blow up a bit of the photo so we can see the flowers more clearly? | ||
| Mary-Jane |
I've got this one with Toby in the pic too...that's about as close as I can get... 
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| judith |
Do you mean sea campion? That's what it looks like to me too. |
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| Helen M |
it looks like it could be scurveygrass | ||
| Jamanda |
I'm thinking sea campion, but not sure the leaves look right. I'll have a look at abook. | ||
| Chez |
I think I either meant sea-campion or rock samphire  . But I've had a look in my book and it doesn't match the latter - I don't have a pic of the former.
*shuffles off, with brain in jar* |
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| Helen M |
having consulted books, i now see that it is not scurvygrass (although similar) and is indeed sea-campion | ||
| Jamanda |
Have a look here . Does that look right? | ||
| Slim |
never seen such a thing, but MJ's photos look like the plant has compound or lobed leaves of some sort, while Jamanda's link looks like simple, entire leaves.... | ||
| Jamanda |
Yeah, that's what I thought. M-J - you are going to have to go and get a close up. |
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| earthyvirgo |
Flowers look wrong (too big) for samphire and leaves not campion. It's a mysery plant at the moment MJ!
EV |
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| cab |
Looks like sea rocket to me, Cakile maritima. But a close up of leaves and flowers would help. | ||
| cab |
Are you going to be able to get back for a closer look and maybe a closer pic? | ||
| mushroom man |
I agree with Cab - almost certainly Sea Rocket. |