Marsh Samphire

Marsh Samphire / "Salicornia Europaea" - "Glasswort" - at Garron Pill.
Grows in salt marsh and mud flats on the River Cleddau .
Fleshy Annual / Emerges from the mud in summer / Obscure flowers - Green with yellow anthers.
Culinary Use :-
Marsh Samphire has a crisp and salty taste.
When picking samphire pinch out or snip off the tops of the plants, leaving the more fibrous stems in the ground . It is best picked when the bright green stems are young and succulent.
Can be boiled like asparagus .
Was collected extensively during the Elizabethan period.