Oyster Plant (Mertensia maritima)

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Rare, on shingle beaches.

Flower diameter c 5-7 mm. Stems c 30-60 cm long.

Flowers tubular with 5 petal-lobes, pink at first, then blue. (similar to lungwort) Leaves pale blue-green, hairless, with dotted surface.

Other features: Plant covered in a kind of "bloom" like a grape. Stems purplish, lying along the ground. Leaves somewhat fleshy, as with many seaside plants. Flower-stalks elongate in fruit.