Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Sea-kale, Crambe maritima, Praiseach thrá
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

Sea-kale, Crambe maritima, Praiseach thrá

Sea-kale, Crambe maritima, Praiseach thrá
Sea-kale, Crambe maritima, Praiseach thrá

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