Bush Seepweed (Suaeda nigra)

Family: Chenopodiaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Suaeda nigra is a ANNUAL growing to 1.5 m (5ft). It is in flower from August to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in saline soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour when cooking other foods. — They are used as a condiment to add a salty flavour when cooking other foods.

Habitat & North American Range

Alkaline, saline, and gypseous places of the interior, mostly in deserts, occasionally coastal, rarely estuarine, from sea level to1600 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)