Crithmum maritimum
Crithmum maritimum
Denizteresi
Branched, glabrous, glaucous, tuft-forming perennial up to 50 cm with terete very finely ridged stems. Lower leaves triangular-deltoid, up to 18 x 15 cm, 1-2-pinnate; ultimate segments linear-elliptic, fleshy, terete or subulate, 13 x 250 x 10 mm; upper cauline leaves similar, smaller, with short, sheathing petioles. Rays 10-30, ± equal. Bracts 5-12, up to 11 x 2 mm, reflexed in fruit. Bracteoles 6-8, up to 4 x 2 mm, reflexed in fruit. Pedicels 1,25-6 mm. Flowers 10-20 per umbellule; petals yellowish-green. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 4 x 2-6 x 4 mm, glabrous. Stylopodium conical. Fl. 7-10. Seaside rocks and cliffs.
Throughout Europe on Atlantic shores, Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts; Macaronesia.