Photographs: Galley Head, Co. Cork

Rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola Cabróis na gcloch Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native. Pink or whitish flowers with 5 petals that are the same length as the sepals and 10 stamens. Un-winged seeds. The whorls of fleshy, narrow, pointed leaves sometimes have silvery stipules at the base of the whorls. Stems, leaves and flower buds are sticky-hairy. Height/spread 5-15cm. Coastal on rocks, cliffs, ledges, walls and in short grassland. Similar: Greater Sea-Spurrey , S. media is hairless

Rock sea-spurrey, Spergularia rupicola, Cabróis na gcloch