Wild Edible Plants
Sea Garlic
ALLIUM COMMUTATUM
Sea garlic is a wild Mediterranean that pops up on rocky slopes overlooking the Mediterranean – they are resistant to salt and float so they are very often dispersed by storms.The bulbs have a large native range that extends from Corsica to Algeria to Turkey– commonly found in uncultivated fields, sandy landscapes and rocky coastal areas. They are excellent at resisting high temperatures and grow best from sea level up to 400 meters above sea level. Despite the fact that populations of sea garlic appear stable, this species is threatened by urbanization and intensive tourism in coastal areas. Sea garlic is not used much in cooking, likely because other better-known species, both wild and cultivated, are already abundant in the coastal areas where it grows. However, consumption is documented in some areas, such as in the Pitiuse Islands of Spain, where the bulbs are ground and eaten with bread. Sea garlic has many medicinal applications as it can serve as an anthelmintic, hypotensive and anti-inflammatory remedy. Sea garlic can be ingested raw, cooked or as an infusion to alleviate intestinal diseases, respiratory discomfort.
SEED SAVERS
Aterraterra Lab, Palermo (Italy) ︎︎︎
Motif Art Studio, Samara Camp (Western Sahara) ︎︎︎
Tlayolan, Berlin (Germany) ︎︎︎
Wolves Lane Centre, London (United Kingdom) ︎︎︎
Sea Garlic
ALLIUM COMMUTATUM
Sea garlic is a wild Mediterranean that pops up on rocky slopes overlooking the Mediterranean – they are resistant to salt and float so they are very often dispersed by storms.The bulbs have a large native range that extends from Corsica to Algeria to Turkey– commonly found in uncultivated fields, sandy landscapes and rocky coastal areas. They are excellent at resisting high temperatures and grow best from sea level up to 400 meters above sea level. Despite the fact that populations of sea garlic appear stable, this species is threatened by urbanization and intensive tourism in coastal areas. Sea garlic is not used much in cooking, likely because other better-known species, both wild and cultivated, are already abundant in the coastal areas where it grows. However, consumption is documented in some areas, such as in the Pitiuse Islands of Spain, where the bulbs are ground and eaten with bread. Sea garlic has many medicinal applications as it can serve as an anthelmintic, hypotensive and anti-inflammatory remedy. Sea garlic can be ingested raw, cooked or as an infusion to alleviate intestinal diseases, respiratory discomfort.
SEED SAVERS
Aterraterra Lab, Palermo (Italy) ︎︎︎
Motif Art Studio, Samara Camp (Western Sahara) ︎︎︎
Tlayolan, Berlin (Germany) ︎︎︎
Wolves Lane Centre, London (United Kingdom) ︎︎︎