Seasonal Wild Flowers

Sea-holly

Eryngium maritimum

Apiaceae

June to September

It is found all round the coast but is les common in the

Northeast.

See the BSBI distribution map for Sea-holly

It grows on sand and shingle by the sea.

Sea-holly is a native, spiny, blue-grey herb growing into

shrubs up to 80cm.

Flowerheads are are up to 2.5cm, with numerous small

flowers supported by a whorl of sharp bracts.

Leaves are xerophyllic, spiny and light blue-grey.

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Sea-holly shrub, Blackpool, Lancashire

Flowerheads

Individual flowers - blue stamens

Sharp bracts

Sea-holly leaves on shingle