Other common names
blue daisy, purple chamomile, sea aster, sea sharewort, sea star, sea starwort, serapias turbith, tripoly
Synonyms
Tripolium vulgare
Aster tripolium
Herbaceous Perennial
Found all around the coast of the British Isles, this native aster is a biennial or short-lived perennial with narrowly oval, rather fleshy leaves on upright stems up to 1m tall. From mid-summer into early autumn produces sprays of daisy flowers with yellow centres and pale purple or pink petals, though there are forms with no petals. Fluffy, silvery seedheads follow in autumn. A good late nectar source for butterflies
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Clay, Loam, Sand