| Seaside Oxeye is a very common shrub of the edges of saltmarshes and brackish marshes along the coast of North Carolina. This one is growing at the edge of a sand dune on Shackleford Banks. Carteret Co., NC 7/17/2008.
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| Forming extensive stands, it is easy to identify because of its fleshy, entire, gray-green leaves and large yellow composite flowers. The flowers are often used as a nectar source by the Salt Marsh Skipper. Flower head detail. Carteret Co., NC 7/13/2008.
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| An older flower head. Carteret Co., NC 7/13/2008.
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| Developing seed head. Carteret Co., NC 7/13/2008.
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| Dare Co., NC 11/9/08.
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| The fleshy leaves are gray-green and opposite. Carteret Co., NC 7/13/2008.
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| Leaf detail. Carteret Co., NC 7/13/2008.
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| An unusually late flower. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Seaside Oxeye forms extensive stands at the edges of sounds. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Bark detail. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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