Seasonal Wild Flowers

Sea Radish

Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus

Brassicaceae

May to October

It is found all round the coast, except in the Northeast.

See the BSBI distribution map for Sea Radish

It grows in coastal grassland, dunes, shingle and waste

ground by the sea.

In the East, it is found in muddy estuaries.

It is increasing.

Sea Radish is a native, conspicuous, straggly,

bush-forming, biennial or perennial herb growing

up to 1.5m.

The flowers are approximately1cm with yellow

petals, stamens and stigma.

Immature buds are bristly.

Fruiting pods are beaded.

In the winter, the leaves form conspicuous whorls.

In the growing season, the leaves are large and

pinnate with a terminal lobe.

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Sea Radish in coastal grassland

At the top of a beach

Flower with stamens and stigma

Immature flower buds

Tangle of fruiting pods

Stem and lower leaves

Large lower leaves

Winter leaf rosette on shingle

Sea radish at cliff base in winter