New Zealand Plants

DSC_1463 Sea celery, or tutaekoau (Apium prostratum) growing on coastal turf. Found along the coast throughout New Zealand. The leaves and stems can be eaten raw or cooked and the seeds can be used for flavouring. This was one of the plants Cook used to prevent scurvy among his crew. Brighton Beach *

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DSC_1463 Sea celery, or tutaekoau (Apium prostratum) growing on coastal turf. Found along the coast throughout New Zealand. The leaves and stems can be eaten raw or cooked and the seeds can be used for flavouring. This was one of the plants Cook used to prevent scurvy among his crew. Brighton Beach *

DSC 1463 sea Celery tutaekoau Apium prostratum plant coastal turf New Zealand Brighton Beach