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Thrift
Sea Pink

Clustog Fair

Plantae
Eu-dicots (True dicotyledons)
Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Afon Leri bank (estuarine).
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Taken during a BSBI field meeting and, as ever, I am grateful to other members of the group for information about this plant.

The saltmarsh form of this plant is very different from the sea-cliff plant but does not apparently have a separate taxonomic status.
15 September 2012
Category: Wild-growing plants and fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Perennial


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Photographer: J R Crellin

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NIKON D700
15/09/2012 12:00:07
1/125 sec - F/16
Lens: 105mm f/2.8 G VR
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Exp. compensation: -0.3 EV
Depth of field: 0.01 m (0.31 - 0.32)
Light value: 13.0


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