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Sea Sandwort - Honckenya peploides

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Sea Sandwort Sea Sandwort - Honckenya peploides dylan North Somerset 16 Aug 2023, 1:08 a.m. 28 Jul 2023, 3:42 p.m.
Sea Sandwort Sea Sandwort - Honckenya peploides dylan North Somerset 16 Aug 2023, 1:08 a.m. 28 Jul 2023, 3:43 p.m.
Sea Sandwort Sea Sandwort - Honckenya peploides dylan North Somerset 16 Aug 2023, 1:08 a.m. 28 Jul 2023, 3:44 p.m.
Sea Sandwort Sea Sandwort - Honckenya peploides dylan North Somerset 16 Aug 2023, 1:08 a.m. 28 Jul 2023, 3:44 p.m.
Sea Sandwort Sea Sandwort - Honckenya peploides dylan North Somerset 16 Aug 2023, 1:08 a.m. 28 Jul 2023, 3:45 p.m.
Sea Sandwort Sea Sandwort - Honckenya peploides dylan North Somerset 16 Aug 2023, 1:08 a.m. 28 Jul 2023, 3:45 p.m.

Species Description

Stace 4:

Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. - Sea Sandwort.

Decumbent to erect flowering stems to 25cm arising from extensive stolons or rhizomes; leaves ovate, succulent; petals about as long as sepals in male flowers, much shorter in female flowers; 2n=48, about 64, 68. Native; bare maritime sand and sandy shingle; common round coasts of British Isles.

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Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

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