Porphyra abbottae
V. Krishnamurthy
Black seaweed
Bangiaceae Edible: Seaweed, Algae
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Description
A temperate seaweed with a green blade up to 50 cm long, ruffled along the edges.
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Edible Uses
The seaweed and algae are edible.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Alaska, Canada, North America, USA,
References (2)
- Turner, N., 2003, The ethnobotany of edible seaweed (Porphyra abbottae and related species; Rhodophyta: Bangiales) and its use by First Nations on the Pacific Coast of Canada. Can. J. Bot. 81: 283–293
- Turner, N. J. et al, 2011, Edible and Tended Wild Plants, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Agroecology. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 30:198-225
