Probably the best known seaside plant, it grows on dunes, cliffs, seashores and even on rocks splashed by spray from the incoming tide. Strangely it also frequently occurs high up in the alpine regions of mountains.
Near Ballantrae Shingle Spit, South Ayrshire, Scotland, 19th May 2003
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