Caryophyllaceae FAMILY
Honckenya peploides
Honckenya peploides
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Honckenya peploides is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.20 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeCoasts of temperate and arctic regions of Eurasia, including Britain, and N. America.
HabitatBy sea coasts on mobile sand and sandy shingle[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].