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Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles
Crithmum maritimum is a fleshy umbellifer that grows on coastal rocks in southern and western British Isles (very rare north of Lowestoft in the east or the North Channel in the west).
Penmaen (VC41: Glamorgan); 2017-08-23 |
![rock samphire / Crithmum maritimum: _Crithmum maritimum_ is a fleshy umbellifer that grows on coastal rocks in southern and western British Isles (very rare north of Lowestoft in the east or the North Channel in the west).](img/775020.jpg) |
The fruit of Crithmum maritimum is a pair of almost hemispherical mericarps with prominent longitudinal ridges.
Penmaenmawr (VC49: Caernarvonshire); 2018-11-02 |
![rock samphire / Crithmum maritimum: The fruit of _Crithmum maritimum_ is a pair of almost hemispherical mericarps with prominent longitudinal ridges.](img/561159.jpg) |
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