DSC_1464 Sea celery, or tutaekoau (Apium prostratum) growing on compacted dune. 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_1262 Half star, or remuremu (Selliera radicans)in flower, and forming a dense turf of 'salt meadow' on the salt marsh. Purakanui Inlet, Otago *
DSC_1308 Half star, or remuremu (Selliera radicans) in flower, and forming a dense turf of 'salt meadow' on the salt marsh. Purakanui Inlet, Otago *
