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Sea Rocket, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
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Aberdeenshire - St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima), a sand-dune loving plant in the brassica family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2021
Sea Rocket, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
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Aberdeenshire - St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima), a sand-dune loving plant in the brassica family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2021
4 greetings cards - Flowers - Portrait Flowers
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Products
A set of 4 greetings cards of Scottish flowers including (clockwise) Yellow Saxifrage or Yellow Mountain Saxifrage (Saxifraga aizoides), Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) and Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)
18 May 2016
Sea rocket, Stronsay, Orkney
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Orkney - Stronsay
Sea rocket (Cakile maritima). This is a pioneer annual coastal plant which is able to grow close to the splash zone on sand and shingle, it puts down a long branching tap root to stabilise itself and the sand. Fleshy leaves help to retain moisture. This photo was taken at Whitehall, Stronsay, Orkney.
08 July 2019
Sea rocket, Barassie
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CEP - Ayrshire
Sea rocket (Cakile maritima), Barassie, Ayrshire. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1976. This picture has been kept as a biological record.
15 August 1976
Sea rocket
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Coll Southwest
Sea rocket (Cakile maritima). This is a pioneer annual coastal plant that is able to grow close to the splash zone on sand and shingle, it puts down a long branching tap root to stabilise itself and the sand. Fleshy leaves help to retain moisture. This photo was taken at Crossapol Bay in Coll.
24 August 2014
Puffins on Lunga
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Mull
Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) on Lunga, Treshnish Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off Mull. The adult birds return to their nesting colony in late March or early April and lay a single egg in late April or early May.
24 May 2008
Thrift or Sea Pink, Coulport, Loch Long
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Argyllshire - Ardmore, Helensburgh, Garelochhead and Rosneath
Thrift or Sea Pink (Armeria maritima). This plant is found on coastal rocky cliffs, particularly in Scotland. This photo was taken in Coulport, Loch Long, by Sarah Longrigg
16 June 2013
Lamb Head from Burgh Head, Stronsay, Orkney
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Orkney - Stronsay
Lamb Head from Burgh Head, Stronsay, Orkney. In the foreground grows Thrift or Sea Pink (Armeria maritima).
08 July 2019
Sea campion, Kirbuster, Stronsay
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Orkney - Stronsay
Sea campion (Silene uniflora or Silene maritima) at Kirbuster, Stronsay, Orkney, a member of the Chickweed or Pinks family (Caryophyllaceae). Found on coastlines growing on top of cliffs and on shingle. Similar in appearance to Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), but S. maritima is larger.
