Crithmum

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Crithmum L.     

Linnaeus, Sp. pl.: 246 (1753).
Crithmum maritimum L. 1753. N sanktpeterskjerm. S strandsilja. – Low, succulent perennial. Stem terete, solid, usually distinctly glaucous. Leaves 1–2-ternate, with 3-lobed ultimate leaflets; lobes lanceolate, 1–5 × 0.3–0.5 mm, with acute apices and entire margins.
Umbels with (10–)20–26, glabrous, thick rays and several, narrowly ovate bracts and bractlets.. Flowers small, with light yellow; petals emarginate. Fruit ovate in outline, not flattened, yellow-brown, 3–5 mm long, with low, inconspicous ridges.
A recent spontaneous incomer on shores of southern N, occurring on gravel, boulder and rock shores. – N VA Kristiansand 2004, 2005, Farsund 2001, Flekkefjord 2003, 2004, Ro Hå 2001. – European Atlantic coast, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. – Map (not in the book).

Alternative version, if regarded as resident (but too recently arrived?)
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to be elaborated:

Crithmum maritimum L.   map    

Linnaeus, Sp. pl.: *** (1753). -- Type: ***

N sanktpeterskjerm. S ***.

Low, succulent perennial. Stem terete, solid, usually distinctly glaucous. Leaves 1–2-ternate, with 3-lobed ultimate leaflets; lobes lanceolate, 1–5 × 0.3–0.5 mm, with acute apices and entire margins.
Umbels with (10–)20–26, glabrous, thick rays and several, narrowly ovate bracts and bractlets.. Flowers small, with light yellow; petals emarginate. Fruit ovate in outline, not flattened, yellow-brown, 3–5 mm long, with low, inconspicous ridges.
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Distribution and habitat. A recent spontaneous incomer on shores of southern N, occurring on gravel, boulder and rock shores. – N VA Kristiansand 2004, 2005, Farsund 2001, Flekkefjord 2003, 2004, Ro Hå 2001.
European Atlantic coast, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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