Rest Harrow (Ononis repens)
Plants with red or pink flowers | |
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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 |
Rest Harrow |
Plants with blue or purple flowers | |
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Common Sea Lavender | Rock Sea Lavender |
Vernal Squill | Sea Holly |
Sheep's Bit | Dune Pansy |
Plants with green or brown flowers | |
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Sea Beet | Sea Spurge |
Alexanders | Sea Plantain |
Grasses | |
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Marram Grass | Lyme Grass |
Cord Grass | Sea Couch Grass |
Trees & Shrubs | |
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Sea Buckthorn | Creeping Willow |
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Rest Harrow is a downy, mat-forming woody perennial frequently foud on dunes, coastal locations and calcareous soils. The flowers are pink and can be seen during of the summer months, and the leaves are small and trifoliate. Its roots are tough and woody, and in years gone by, would "arrest the harrow" - hence the name. Its roots have been used to make a liquorice flavour drink.