Rock Samphire
Stranger on the Shore
Pity the plant that’s lost its former fame; pity the plant that’s even lost its name. For most people ‘samphire’ is the green, crunchy shoots nowadays offered on fish-stall counters. However, this salty tasting marsh samphire (Salicornia europaea) can be seen as something of an interloper ... |
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Rob Dover’s neighbouring cleeves of samphyre, to excite his dull and sickly taste, and stir up appetite. Poly-Olbion, Micheal Drayton, 1612 (cleeves = cliffes) |