Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Beach Rose | Greater Sea Spurrey |
Red Valerian | Common Storksbill |
Sand Spurrey | Hares Foot Clover |
Sea Bindweed | Sea Pink |
Hounds Tongue | Common Centaury |
Spear-leaved Orache | Tree Mallow |
Common Sea Lavender | Rock Sea Lavender |
Vernal Squill | Sea Holly |
Sheep's Bit | Dune Pansy |
Sea Beet | Sea Spurge |
Alexanders | Sea Plantain |
Marram Grass | Lyme Grass |
Cord Grass | Sea Buckthorn |
Creeping Willow |
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The flowers of the Centaury are a common sight on sand dunes and saltmarsh in summer. It grows to about a foot in height, with 5-petalled bright pink flowers.