Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides) growing on saltmarsh, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 2011

Doug Wechsler / Marsh samphire (Salicornia europaea) on salt marsh. Delaware NJ USA

Nick Upton / Golden samphire (Inula crithmoides) flowering on limestone rock outcrop just above the high tide line, Port Eynon, Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Golden samphire (Inula crithmoides) clump flowering on limestone rock outcrop just above the high tide line, Port Eynon, Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, July.

Philippe Clement / Marsh samphire (Salicornia europaea) growing in salt pan for the production of Fleur de sel / sea salt on the island Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France September 2012

Nick Upton / Parasite fly / Tachinid fly (Gymnosoma sp) a parasitoid of Shield bugs, feeding on Rock samphire / Sea Fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Hairy flower wasp (Colpa quinquecincta) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion sp) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Potter wasp / Mason wasp (Eumenes mediterraneus) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea Fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Italian striped stink / Harlequin bugs (Graphosoma italicum) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Red assassin bug (Rhinocoris iracundus) hunting insect prey on Rock samphire / Sea Fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) flowering on coastal limestone rocks, with moored sailing yacht and the mountains of western Turkey in the background, Psili Ammos, Samos, Greece, Augus...