SEA ARROW-GRASS

Triglochin Maritima

Arrow-grass Family [Juncaginaceae]

month8may month8jun month8jul month8aug

flower
flower8green
petals
petalsZ3
type
typeZspiked
stem
stem8round

23rd May 2008, Saltmarshes, Shell Island, North Wales. Photo: © RWD
A typical tuft, looking very much like a Plantain (apart from the linear leaves) or even more like Sea Plantain


23rd May 2008, Saltmarshes, Shell Island, North Wales. Photo: © RWD
The flowers are green and have three petals plus three sepals


23rd May 2008, Saltmarshes, Shell Island, North Wales. Photo: © RWD


Easily confused with : Marsh Arrow-grass, but that likes marshes rather than the salty sea water in saltmarshes. The flowers in Marsh Arrow-grass are green but edged purple and in a shorter spike than Sea Arrow-grass.

No relation to : Arrowhead [a plant with similar name]

ANY TEXT GOES HERE


Distribution
 family8Arrow-grass family8Juncaginaceae
BSBI maps
genus8Triglochin
Triglochin

SEA ARROW-GRASS

Triglochin Maritima

Arrow-grass Family [Juncaginaceae]