Photographs: Aughinish, Co. Limerick

Sea Wormwood Seriphidium maritimum (Artemisia maritima) Liath na trá Family: Asteraceae Flowering: August-October. Perennial. Native. Leafy panicles of very small egg-shaped orange/yellow flowers. The aromatic leaves are downy, pale whitish grey-green and 2-3x pinnately-lobed. Lower leaves wither before flowering time. Erect, spreading growth with many non-flowering leafy shoots. Height 30-80cm. Rare, very local distribution on the east and west Irish coasts growing on sea walls and drier areas of muddy or rocky salt-marshes.

Sea Wormwood, Seriphidium maritimum (Artemisia maritima), Liath na trá