Divine sea fennel

Julien Guitard | 6/6/23

This ancient, edible and endemic plant, growing on rocky massifs along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, has been used in cooking since Antiquity. However, the medicinal and gustatory virtues of Crithmum maritimum are still largely unknown.

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