Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
Alaria esculenta is an edible seaweed, also known as
dabberlocks or
badderlocks, or
winged kelp. It is a traditional food along the coasts of the far north Atlantic Ocean. It may be eaten fresh or cooked in Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and Ireland. It is the only one of twelve species of
Alaria to occur in the British Isles.
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