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| 20th June 2008, Peel Castle, IOM | Photo: © RWD |
| A prostrate sprawling mass of leaves and flowers. |
| 20th June 2008, Peel Castle, IOM | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves in whorls of three or four around the often purplish stem. Leaves have many very short and silvery hairs or stipules on the edges. Flower buds have five purplish sepals, here un-opened. |
| 20th June 2008, Peel Castle, IOM | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves long and linear, possibly three-sided in cross-section, tapering to a point at the tip. The sepals also have silvery short stipules. |
| 6th July 2006, Sea Shore, Little Orme, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers have five pink petals with the sepals as long as the petals. Unlike Greater Sea-Spurreythe centre of the flower does not have a white centre. Ten stamens bear yellow pollen. Like most sea-spurreys, the flowers are on short one-inch stalks that appear to be angled strangely as if broken. Purplish stems in evidence. |
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Not to be mistaken for: Lesser Sea-spurrey,
Easily confused with: Found on cliffs, rocks and walls near the sea.
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Spergularia |
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