Irish wildflowers BSBI map

English Scurvygrass, Cochlearia anglica, Carrán muirisce
Photographs: Inchidoney, Co. Cork

English Scurvygrass
Cochlearia anglica
Carrán muirisce
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering: April-June. Biennial or perennial. Native.

White flowers with 4 petals (petals 5-6mm) are followed by flattened seedpods. The basal leaves taper to the stem, the stem leaves are either stalked or clasping. Stems erect or ascending to 35cm.

Scattered coastal distribution in Ireland and less frequent than Common Scurvygrass on salt-marshes and on firm mud near the high-tide mark.

Similar: Common Scurvygrass, C. officinalis has rounded seedpods

English Scurvygrass, Cochlearia anglica, Carrán muirisce

English Scurvygrass, Cochlearia anglica, Carrán muirisce
English Scurvygrass, Cochlearia anglica, Carrán muirisce

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