Oarweed

Plant · Common

Spread on the land as fertiliser, burnt for potash and later for iodine, eaten on Rathlin Island; the dried stalks, sea-tangle tents, were a folk remedy to bring on labour.

Identity

Part

Whole plant

Price

2 cp

Weight

500 g

Where it is found

Rocky Shore

Harvest

Skill

Nature

DC

7

Uses

Food, Medicine

Where it lives in Biomes

Milieux

Rocky Shore

From the plant

Oarweed

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