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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: Alice on June 21, 2013, 08:35:00 AM

Title: Halophyte ID'd by John J as Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
Post by: Alice on June 21, 2013, 08:35:00 AM

This halophytic shrublet must have a strong will to live!

Title: Re: Halophyte ID
Post by: Trevor Australis on June 22, 2013, 12:05:09 AM

It is a samphire but I'm not sure which one. You can eat the new tip growths as a salad ingredient or accompaniment to fish/ shellfish etc. Simply parboil very briefly and chill at once. It is a bit salty but that's about all. And nouvelle, of course!

Title: Re: Halophyte ID
Post by: John J on June 22, 2013, 05:03:51 AM

Alice, I can't be certain but you could try looking up species of Arthrocnemum, possibly macrostachyum.

Title: Re: Halophyte ID
Post by: Alice on June 23, 2013, 09:01:05 AM

I also thought it might be an Arthrocnemum, John. It does look like A. macrostachyum.