Sea Sandwort

Honckenya peploides

Sea Sandwort is a special plant that grows by the beach! It has small, green leaves and can survive in sandy places where few other plants can grow.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Sea Sandwort has fleshy, bright green, egg-shaped leaves that grow in opposite pairs on creeping stems. Its tiny, star-shaped flowers are usually greenish-white or pale pink, appearing singly or in small clusters. It often forms dense, low-lying mats on sandy shores.

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Sea Sandwort

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient sailors ate Sea Sandwort to prevent scurvy, thanks to its high Vitamin C!

It can grow in very salty beach conditions where most other plants simply cannot survive.

Its seeds can float on ocean currents, helping the plant spread to new beaches afar!

This hardy plant creates its own mini-ecosystem, helping other life survive on dunes.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Sea Sandwort has thick, waxy leaves that help it store freshwater and block salty winds, protecting it from dehydration.

Sea Sandwort can grow long, deep roots and underground stems (rhizomes) to anchor itself firmly, even in shifting sands.

This plant can sprout new shoots from buried stems, allowing it to survive being covered by sand and grow upwards.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 10-30 cm
Ausbreitung: 30-100 cm
Blütengröße: 0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit: Late spring to late summer
Essbar: Ja
Giftigkeit: Keine
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Feeds on nectar, aiding reproduction.

eaten by

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Rabbits graze on its leaves and shoots.

symbiotic with

Couch grass

Elymus repens

Often grows alongside, stabilizing dunes together.

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Blühend

Blütenpflanzen sind alle Pflanzen, die als Teil ihres Fortpflanzungszyklus Blüten bilden.

Sommerblühend

Sommerblühende Pflanzen bringen ihre Blüten während der Sommersaison hervor und sorgen oft für leuchtende Farben, wenn viele andere Pflanzen bereits verblüht sind.