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Samphire is a name given to a number of succulent salt-tolerant plants (halophytes) that tend to be associated with water bodies.
- Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) is a coastal species with white flowers that grows in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.[1] This is probably the species mentioned by Shakespeare in King Lear.[2]
- Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides) is a coastal species with yellow flowers that grows across Eurasia.
- Several species in the genus Salicornia, known as "marsh samphire" in Britain.[3]
- Blutaparon vermiculare, Central America, southeastern North America
- Tecticornia, Australia
- Sarcocornia, cosmopolitan
Following the construction of the Channel Tunnel, the nature reserve created on new land near Folkestone made from excavated rock was named "Samphire Hoe".[2]
- ^ "Rock Samphire – Identification, Edibility, Distribution". Galloway Wild Foods. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ a b "What's in a name?". Samphire Hoe. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Marsh Samphire – Identification, Edibility, Distribution". Galloway Wild Foods. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2019.