New Zealand Plants

DSC_1423 Sea celery, or tutaekoau (Apium prostratum) flowering 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 *

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DSC_1423 Sea celery, or tutaekoau (Apium prostratum) flowering 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 1423 Sea Celery tutaekoau Apium prostratum detail plant flowering flowers flower New Zealand Brighton Beach