Ligusticum scoticum   Scots Lovage C DD N

Ligusticum scoticum

This plant loves the coast so much it is often found in the rocks splashed by the sea. Its typical celery like glossy foliage doesn't often have many flowers to show and in any case it flowers more in July and August than in June.

Its distribution is so perfectly Scottish that it stops promptly at the border not venturing at all into England or Wales. In Ireland it is found on the North coast as you would expect.

Assynt coast near Achmelvich, 18th June 2006

Added on 28th June 2006