The Lawn-shell seaside ( Latin: Lobularia maritima ) is a species of flowering plants of the Brassicaceae family .
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Lobularia maritima ( L. ) Desv. , 1814 |
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An annual or perennial herb up to 30 cm, often branched at the base. Leaves 2-4 cm, linear-lanceolate, scattered. The flowers are about 5 millimeters in diameter, fragrant, with four white rounded petals (or pink, pink-red, purple and lilac) have four sepals. Six stamens have yellow anthers. Flowers are pollinated by insects. Fruits - numerous elongated shaggy pods, approximately 2.5 mm long, obovate, each containing two seeds. Narrow-winged seeds.
The plant blooms year-round in the Mediterranean [2] , in Central Europe - from June to December.
The birthplace of the plant is the Mediterranean and Macaronesia . The species is widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate areas. Often found on sandy beaches and dunes, but can also grow on cultivated fields, walls, slopes and wastelands, mainly on calcareous soil, at an altitude of up to 1200 (rarely up to 2000) meters above sea level.
Used as a decorative plant.
