Photographs: Co. Cork and Co. Waterford

Sea-kale Crambe maritima Praiseach thrá Family: Brassicaceae Flowering June-August. Perennial. Native. Large panicles of 4-petalled white flowers are followed by globose single-seeded fruit. The large waxy, pale blue-green leaves are irregularly lobed or toothed. A hairless, branched, cabbage-like plant with stout erect or sprawling stems, to 75cm. A rare and often transient coastal species usually found on shingle banks above the high-tide line. Classed as Near Threatened Similar: Wild Cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. oleracea

Sea-kale, Crambe maritima, Praiseach thrá