Slender Hare’s-Ear Bupleurum tenuissimum
Slender Hare’s-Ear (Bupleurum tenuissimum) is a nationally scarce umbellifer of the upper saltmarsh, sea wall grassland, and brackish coastal turf – one of the few members of the carrot family adapted to saline conditions. It is a diminutive, easily overlooked plant, its tiny yellow flowers barely distinguishable in the field without close examination. In Britain, it is restricted to the coastal counties of south-east England. Suffolk holds important populations along its estuarine coastline, particularly around the Orwell, Stour, and Alde–Ore systems, where lightly grazed or mown sea-wall banks and upper-marsh grassland provide suitable conditions. Image: © Patrick Hacker, Flickr.
Find out more: iNaturalist, Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
Suffolk’s Priority Fern and Flowering Plant Species
Key
Listed as a conservation priority in Suffolk’s Biodiversity Action Plan.
Closely associated with Suffolk’s landscape and natural identity.
Identified as a key priority for recovery under Suffolk’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
Has a Species of the Month article attached.
