wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

Salicornia procumbens agg. Glasswort
As last species; S. dolistachya has been recorded.
[Suaeda vera Shrubby Sea Blite]
Error.
Suaeda maritima Annual Sea Blite
Occasional in saltmarshes as on Eden Estuary.
Salsola kali Saltwort
Ssp. kali is rather local by sea; ssp. ruthenica is a rare casual (1969).
Claytonia perfoliata Spring Beauty
A somewhat scarce weed, but can be locally common, e.g. in St Andrews.
Claytonia sibirica Pink Purslane
Well naturalised in woods, both pink and white vars.
Montia fontana Blinks
Common in damp spots; sspp. fontana and chondrosperma confirmed.
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Sandwort
Common in dry bare places and on walls.
Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp. leptoclados Small Thyme-leaved Sandwort
Very similar to the last; almost certainly much less common.
Arenaria balearica Mossy Sandwort
Ocasionally naturalised on tree roots, as at Limekilns.
Moehringia trinervia Three-nerved Sandwort
Common in woods.
Honckenya peploides Sea Sandwort
Common on sand and shingle.
(Minuartia verna Spring Sandwort)
Long extinct (1872).
[Minuartia hybrida Fine-leaved Sandwort]
Reported from Isle of May in 1871, probably in error.
Stellaria nemorum Wood Stitchwort
Rather local in east, as at Windygates; commoner in the west and Kinross.