The less common (now classified as a rare plant In New Flora of the British Isles edition 3 by Clive Stace) this one usually has only three veins in the large, flat leaves and a much smaller flower spike.

P. major ssp intermedia may well be under recorded as superficially it looks quite similar to P major ssp major. It is found scattered throughout the British Isles often nears the sea with the largest concentrations in Gloucestershire and south eastern Ireland.

Sefton coast, Green Beach 23rd July 2005

Added on November 14th 2005, updated 14th July 2011