Scurvy-grass, Scurvy Grass / Cochlearia officinalis - once used to treat Scuvy (Vitamin C deficiency). Medicinal plants UK, plants used for medicine.
Scurvy-grass was one of the plants used to correct the debilitating disease 'scurvy' (caused by a lack of vitamin C in the diet). It grows in coastal and shoreline areas, but also in brackish saltmarshes.
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: mid-cornwall, uk
Photo credit: © Marcus Harrison - plants / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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