Photographs: Toomore, Co. Cork

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender Limonium humile Lus liath na mara Family: Plumbaginaceae Flowering time: July-August. Perennial. Native. Much-branched stems with clusters of small mauve-blue flowers which have a greenish-purple calyx. Flower stems feel bumpy, height 10-30cm. Stalked leaves have a single main vein and usually more than 5cm long Grows on salt marshes and muddy sea-shores round Irish coasts and can be locally frequent in some places Similar: Rock Sea-lavender's, Limonium binervosum agg.

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender, Limonium humile, Lus liath na mara