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Widespread but local throughout the UK.

Stace 4:

Ssp. vulneraria.

Stems appressed-hairy throughout or with semi-appressed or rarely patent hairs at base; upper leaves with 4-7 pairs of leaflets scarcely or not smaller than terminal one; calyx usually red-tipped; corolla yellow to orange, rarely red; 2n=12. Native; grassland, dunes, cliff-tops, waste ground, usually calcareous; locally common throughout British Isles. Red-flowered plants on sea-cliffs in West Cornwall and Pembrokeshire are var. coccinea L. Pink-flowered plants occur in Caernarvonshire. Plants with stem-branches exceeding their subtended leaves (not so in var. vulneraria) on coasts of England, Wales, Ireland and Channel Isles are var, langei Jalas (A. maritima auct. non Schweigg.); they are intermediate between sspp. vulneraria and iberica (W. Becker) Jalas, from West and South West Europe.

Key:

• At least upper part of stem with appressed hairs
• Calyx usually with red tip; stems usually with appressed hairs throughout or semi-appressed ones at base