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Sea Mayweed- Western Isles - Wild Flowers - Wildflowers & Flora of The Isle of Harris and The Isle of Lewis - Hebrides Flowers
There are a wide variety of wildflowers to be found in The Western Isles or Outer Hebrides (as they were formally known).The lovely sea mayweed is just one of them. With its pretty "daisy like" flowers it is a pleasure to see. Hebridean Wildflowers.
Western Isles Wildflowers - Wild flowers of The Hebrides
sea mayweed garry beach in the rocks
Sea Mayweed - Tripleurospermum maritimum - Garry Beach
 

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Sea Mayweed Hebridean White Wildflowers
 
Seaside Plant
A common seaside plant, Tripleurospermum maritimum is also known as Matricaria maritimum, commonly known as sea mayweed. The stems of the plant are frequently tinged red towards the base.

Flowers July - September
The flowers appear between July and September.

White Daisy - Like Flowers

It has white daisy like flowers . leaves made up of blunt, somewhat fleshy, linear segments which can reach up to 50 mm across.

As with many maritime plants, sea mayweed has fleshy leaves which help it to survive in the harsh salty environment.
Sea Mayweed - White Wildflowers
   
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White Wildflowers Western Isles  - Sea Mayweed - Hebrides Flora
 
White Wild Flowers Scotland - Sea Mayweed - Western Isles Flora
Sea Mayweed
 
White Western Isles Flora - Sea Mayweed

 
Western Isles Wildflowers - Flora & Flowers of The Outer Hebrides - Hebridean Wild Flowers
This section of the website details the flowers that I have seen todate. Should I have identified any of the wildflowers incorrectly or given information that isn't correct - All comments welcome Chris@GcwWeb.com