WorldFloraDB - Crithmum maritimum

Characteristics

A perennial herb. It grows 15-45 cm high and wide. It is greyish and without hairs. It is branched. It has divided leaves. The lobes are narrow and fleshy and do not have teeth. The base sheaths the stem. The flowers are yellow. They occur in umbels 30-60 mm across. There are 8-36 rays. The fruit is oblong and 5-6 mm long. It is yellowish. It has thick ridges.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

0.18 - 0.38

Mature height (meter)

0.2 - 0.35

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in sea cliffs in Britain. It occurs on coastal rocks and can be on sand or shingle. It needs well-drained to dry soil in the sun. It needs a warm sheltered position. It can grow in salty soils. It can grow in arid places. Melbourne Botanical Gardens.

More

On cliffs and rocks, or more rarely on shingle or sand, by the sea.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The salty leaves can be eaten raw in salad. They can also be cooked. They are also pickled in vinegar. The flowers are eaten in salads. The leaves are washed and cut into small pieces and mixed with olive oil and lemon juice to make a salad dressing.

Uses	environmental use essential oil food medicinal oil
Edible	flowers leaves pods seeds stems
Therapeutic use	Apertif (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Digestive (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Anti-obesity agents (unspecified), Digestive system diseases (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from ripe seed. Plants can also be grown by division. Seed only remian viable for a short time.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°)	20
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-