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Beach Lovage

Ligusticum scoticum

Description:

A common plant on beaches here. The flowers are usually white, but can be tinged with pink or purple such as shown here. The leaves, shown in photo two, have reddish or pinkish edges. The leaves are used as a parsley substitute and a commonly used wild herb by native peoples and locals in Alaska.

Habitat:

On the rocks above the high tide line at the beach

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Machi
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Machi

Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Spotted on Jul 20, 2018
Submitted on Sep 20, 2018

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