'Searsport' Sea Plantain

Plantago maritima Origin: Searsport, Maine Improvement status: Wild  Seeds per packet: ~40 BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED Life cycle: Perennial EFN INTRODUCTION. I get excited about a lot of plants, but few plants have lit my fire as much as this one, and it's a real thrill to have enough seed to share some with all of you. Sea Plantain (Plantago maritima) is a wild perennial vegetable that inhabits maritime environments in temperate to cold climates. It's so resilient it can thrive well below the high-tide line, getting swamped by seawater for multiple hours twice a day. It can handle essentially being watered with saltwater. It also has a similar nutritional and medicinal profile to the other plantains, which means it's a powerhouse. But the best thing about it is its quality as food.I've put a lot of plantain in my mouth through the years — especially the common wild types, Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata, which I often chew up and apply to insect bites or other s