Porphyra abbottae
V. Krishnamurthy
Black seaweed
BangiaceaeSeaweed
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seaweed, Algae
The seaweed and algae are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Alaska, Canada, North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A temperate seaweed with a green blade up to 50 cm long, ruffled along the edges.
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
