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- This is an uncommon coastal plant but plenty grows on the bank alongside the Cleveland Way and in scrubby patches on the allotment land between the path and the cliff edge. It was most likely originally an escapee from cultivation.
- It flowers from May to August and is especially beautiful in the spring, attracting plenty of bees. It’s also host to a very large range of beetles, butterflies, moths, flies and sawflies.
- It is also known as sea cabbage or silverwhips.
- The leaves are fleshy and a bluish green colour and are edible, especially the younger, tender ones.
- The deer which visit Cowbar come over to the bank to eat the plant and sometimes leave torn scattered leaves along the path.
- The young flower heads are edible raw and look like broccoli. The seeds can be sprouted and the leaves and stems are good for sauerkraut.
