Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Honckenya peploides

Vernacular name:

Sandwort, Sea


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Sea Sandwort

Scientific name: Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh.

Diagnostic features
Decumbent to erect flowering stems to 25cm arising from extensive stolons or rhizomes.
Leaves ovate, succulent.
Petals c. as long as sepals in male flowers, much shorter in female flowers.

Chromosome number: 2n=48, c.64, 68.

Habitat
Native; bare maritime sand and sandy shingle.

Distribution
Common round coasts of British Isles.

This species is keyed out from Page 2117: Honckenya and other genera in the Text Key.

Honckenya peploides (Sandwort, Sea)
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