Specimen · N°015 · Sea
Aestulittora atlantica
Low-tide Star
For only the hours the tide is out, it blooms on the seaside rocks.
FOUND 56.0°N 9.0°W · Rocky coast of the North Atlantic · ✝ EX · Last seen 2024
For only the hours the tide is out, it blooms on the seaside rocks.
A low rosette about 6–12 cm tall, pressing thick glossy dark-green leaves to the wet rock. The flowers are small white-green stars that open only for the few hours the ebb tide exposes them to air, sinking beneath the sea when the tide returns.
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For only the hours the tide is out, it blooms on the seaside rocks.
When the tide returns, the flower sinks beneath the sea.
The rocky coast of the North Atlantic.
Twice a day, on the wet black rock left by the ebb, the Low-tide Star appears.
Thick, glossy dark-green leaves cling to the rock.
From between them, small white-green star-shaped flowers open.
