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Coastlines.
20 - 60 cms.
July - October.
Young shoots can be used as an asparagus substitute. The boiled or
roasted roots are said to resemble parsnips or chestnuts in flavour.
Sea Holly roots were collected on a large scale in the 17th and 18th
centuries in England and were candied then used as restorative,
quasi-aphrodisiac lozenges.
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