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Sea Sandwort Only one small area with with this plant. A 1st for me. One to be foraged as the shoots can be eaten raw, as a seaside nibble or in salads, or cooked by steaming or stir-frying and eaten as a vegetable. Honckenya peploides,Oldshoremore Beach,Scotland,Sea Sandwort,Sutherland Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Sea Sandwort

Only one small area with with this plant. A 1st for me. One to be foraged as the shoots can be eaten raw, as a seaside nibble or in salads, or cooked by steaming or stir-frying and eaten as a vegetable.

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    Christine Young
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    Did you try it? Posted 3 years ago
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      NattyOne
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      Would've but unfortunately hadn't then identified it Christine. I feel short-changed as only found this one clump. Posted 3 years ago
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        Christine Young
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        Well, hopefully you'll find it again at some point! I have the same issue in often not knowing an edible until I'm home and trying to ID it by photo. I'm not about to randomly taste things in nature. ;P Posted 3 years ago
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          That seems the only sensible way to proceed! Cheers {;¬) Posted 3 years ago

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The Sea Sandwort

"Honckenya peploides", the sea sandwort or seaside sandplant, is the only species in the genus "Honckenya" of the flowering plant family Caryophyllaceae. This plant has a circumboreal distribution. The plant is a succulent perennial growing at the edge of the sea. It has small greenish white pentamerous flowers with 10 stamens in the male flowers borne in the leaf axils. The fruit capsule opens in three valves.

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Uploaded May 29, 2022. Captured May 26, 2022 11:06.
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  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/5.6
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 320mm