Sea Pink (Armeria maritima)
| Plants with red or pink flowers | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Common Sea Lavender | Rock Sea Lavender |
| Vernal Squill | Sea Holly |
| Sheep's Bit | Dune Pansy |
| Plants with green or brown flowers | |
|---|---|
| Sea Beet | Sea Spurge |
| Alexanders | Sea Plantain |
| Grasses | |
|---|---|
| Marram Grass | Lyme Grass |
| Cord Grass | Sea Couch Grass |
| Trees & Shrubs | |
|---|---|
| Sea Buckthorn | Creeping Willow |
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An unmistakeable common plant of sea cliffs and coastal paths. It has a dense cushion of grass-like linear leaves and pink flowers in round heads on stalks about 6 - 10 inches long. Flowers from late spring to late summer.
Also known as Thrift, it was depicted on the back of pre-decimalisation threepence pieces.