Saltwort Seed Salsola Komarovii 150 seeds, easy to grow #IEB5

A hard to find gourmet specialty, Salsola is an interesting shoreline vegetable much valued in Italy and Japan. The plants grow to about 1' ft tall and thrive in salty environments, typically in coastal salt marshes and seashores. Leaves are long and succulent with an appealing crunchy texture and are a rich source of vitamin A as well as K and they provide abundant sources of calcium, potassium, and iron.

Add tender young leaves to salads and sushi, steam longer stems for healthy side dishes. Juice is used as a diuretic. The crispy, salty leaves can be harvested at the seedling stage for micro greens or baby leaf stage for adding to salad mixtures. It also can be steamed or blanched briefly in salted water and then quickly cooled in iced water and served with a dressing.