Samphire
Common name for multiple species of plants
Samphire
Samphire is a name given to a number of succulent salt-tolerant plants (halophytes) that tend to be associated with water bodies. Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) is a coastal species with white flowers that grows in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. This is probably the species mentioned by Shakespeare in King Lear. Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides) is a coastal species with yellow flowers that grows across Eurasia. Several species in the genus Salicornia, known as "marsh samphire" in Britain. Blutaparon vermiculare, Central America, southeastern North America Tecticornia, Australia Sarcocornia, cosmopolitan Following the construction of the Channel Tunnel, the nature reserve created on new land near Folkestone made from excavated rock was named "Samphire Hoe", a name coined by Mrs Gillian Janaway.
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