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Flower from Kenfig Burrows on 11 July |
Foliage from Cliffe in Kent on 9 June |
Form from Cliffe on 9 June |
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Common Name |
*Brookweed from Primrose Family |
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Botanical Name |
Samolus valerandi |
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Soil |
In marshy meadows and ditches, especially near the sea around the coastal counties of the British Isles |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun |
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Soil Moisture |
Wet |
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Plant Type |
A little-branched or unbranched, hairless, pale green perennial |
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Height x Spread in feet |
0.8 x 1 |
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Foliage |
Mid green stem, leafy, arising out of a basal rosette of oval leaves |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
White - flowers superficially rather like a Crucfier - in June-August followed by globular fruits |
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Comment |
Native UK plant. Available as seed from John Chambers' Wild Flower Seeds and plant from British Wild Flower Plants |
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Flowers from Kenfig Burrows on 11 July |
Single Leaf from Dungeness in August |
Form from Dungeness in August |
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Fruits from Dungeness in August |
Fruits from Kenfig Burrows on 11 July |
Fruit from Kenfig Burrows on 11 July |
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