Family: Brassicaceae
English Scurvy-grass Cochlearia anglica Flowering time: April-June. Biennial or perennial Can be locally common on salt-marshes and on firm mud near high-tide mark. Less frequent than Common Scurvy-grass, and not found inland. White four-petalled flowers are followed by flattened, blunt-tipped fruit. Stem leaves are stalked or clasping, the basal leaves tapering to stalk. Similar: Common Scurvy-grass, C. officinalis. Basal leaves are kidney or heart shaped, seed pods rounded. |
English Scurvy-grass, Cochlearia anglica
Brands Bay, Dorset. April 2013 and June 2014