Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum)
Flowers: June to September. Height: 90cm (36in).
Medicinal: The bark was ground for use as an antiseptic. The leaves used to treat rheumatism, neuralgia, poison arrow wounds and kidney stones. When drunk as a tea, it relieved pain and calmed the nervous system.
Culinary: Medieval herbalists made preserves and candied the stems which were valued as aphrodisiacs.
