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plant id

plant id


Postby rohan » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:50 pm

Can anyone help with the ID of this creeping, succulent plant. Lens cap is 50mm and is for scale. The plant is growing in rock crevices (redsandstone) and scree in a seaside location and is subject to getting coated with salt spray. It has been flowering for most of June It is mainly prostrate although it looks like it is trailing down slope in this photo.
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Re: plant id

Postby CharlesT » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:24 pm

English Stonecrop (Sedum anglicum) in my humble opinion.Locally common in Western Britain.
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Re: plant id

Postby raykilhams » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:39 pm

Think it's Sea- milkwort...Glaux maritima
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Re: plant id

Postby rohan » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:48 am

Think it's Sea- milkwort...Glaux maritima
Bingo , thanks that is the one.

Charles- The flowers are held between the fleshy leaves not on spikes above as in the english stone crop which we have elsewhere although it is similar.
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Re: plant id

Postby CharlesT » Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:42 am

rohan wrote:
Think it's Sea- milkwort...Glaux maritima
Bingo , thanks that is the one.

Charles- The flowers are held between the fleshy leaves not on spikes above as in the english stone crop which we have elsewhere although it is similar.


Yes, I got it wrong again! :( . Letting my liking for stonecrops get the better of me.
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