#glasswort

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Saltwort (called "almyra" in Greek) growing wild on the beach. Read more below about the fascinating history of that plant! Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey Young leaves and stems can be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves can be used as a spinach substitute or added in small quantities to salads. The seed is edible too. It can be ground into a meal and used as a gruel, thickener in soups etc., or added to cereal flours when making bread. However, the seed is small and hard to collect any quantity. The ashes of the burnt plant are used for making glass and soap. At one time large quantities of the ashes were imported into Britain for this purpose, but nowadays a chemical process using salt is employed. The ashes can also be used as a cleaner for fabrics.  #salsola #saltwort #glasswort #greekbeaches #wildmedicine #wildgourmet #greekflora #greekherbs #herbnerd #wildherbs #botany #botanicalmedicine #medicinalherbs #myherbalstudies #healingherbs #foraging #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #primitiveskills #survivalskills #urbanherbalist #herbalremedies #apothecary #ethnobotany #ethnobotanist Text credit: Wikipedia & pfaf. (at Μεσσηνία) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiEy0BdIOMg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[drhoz]

#3201 - Salicornia blackiana - Thick-head Glasswort

AKA Sarcocornia blackiana.

Salinity is a serious problem in the Western Wheatbelt, and it's the direct result of the near-total removal of the native vegetation and trees changing the hydrology. Groundwater out there is highly saline, and with the trees removed it's come closer and closer to the surface, resulting in extensive salt scald in once-productive paddocks, and Lake Ninan going from freshwater to six times saltier than the ocean.

Unsurprisingly, most of the plants surviving around the lake are halophytes, equipped to survive those sorts of conditions.

Widespread along the southern parts of Australia, thriving in estuaries, swamps, and seasonally waterlogged saline depressions.

GSB2024, Wongan Hills - Lake Ninan

[ash3]

Growing on salty soil

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[lovecraftsgarden]

Salicornia pacifica

Pickleweed, Glasswort, Pacific Swampfire

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