Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork

Danish Scurvygrass / Early Scurvygrass Cochlearia danica Carrán creige Family: Brassicaceae Flowering: February-June. Winter annual. Native. Small mauve or white flowers with four petals followed by ovoid fruit with both ends narrowed. The fleshy basal leaves are long stalked, round to triangular, stem leaves are stalked and ivy-shaped. A very variable plant, more/less prostrate and usually less than 13cm high Usually coastal on sea cliffs, saltmarsh edges, beaches, walls and pavements. Also grows along the motorway between Dublin and Belfast and motorways in N Ireland. Spreading due to roads being salted in winter Similar: Common Scurvygrass and English Scurvygrass

Danish Scurvygrass, Cochlearia danica, Carrán creige