Sea purslane (Atriplex portulacoides)
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 |
Trees & Shrubs | |
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Sea Buckthorn | Creeping Willow |
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Sea Purslane is most recognisable by its grey-green oval leaves, and is a very common plant of salt-marshes, often covering large areas. The flowers are in small, yellow-green spikes and can be seen from July to September.