Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris)
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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Sea Beet is a common plant of shingle and coastal areas, with shiny dark-green leaves. It grows up to 3 feet tall with spikes of small greenish flowers, which are in bloom for most of the summer. It's also known as sea spinach, and its leaves can be cooked and eaten in the same way.