Scientific name: Seriphidium maritimum (L.) Polj.
Common name: Sea Wormwood
Description
Habit: A semi-erect to erect perennial, to 50 cm high.
Stems: Woody, sometimes only below; branched, spreading.
Leaves: 2-pinnate with narrow, linear segments, white all over with cottony hairs.
Flowers: Flower-heads small and ovoid, 1-2mm across, in terminal, somewhat leafy racemes or panicles; involucral bracts brownish or chaffy at the top; florets few, tubular, yellow or red, all hermaphrodite.
Fruits: An achene, pappus absent.
Habitat: Sea shores.
Distribution: Local.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: Yes