Rock samphire
Crithmum maritimum L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- —
Apiaceae
Also called Samphire, Sea fennel
Formerly Cachrys maritima, Crithmum canariense
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia, W. Europe to Medit. and W. CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 30 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- French
- fenouil marin, passe-pierre
- Asturian
- fenoyu marín
- German
- Meerfenchel
- Finnish
- Merifenkoli
- Italian
- Finocchio marino
- Dutch
- zeevenkel, Zeevenkel
- Slovenian
- navadni morski koprc
- Turkish
- Deniz rezenesi
- Chinese
- 海茴香
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Crithmum maritimum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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