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Osmundea pinnatifida
Pepper dulse is a small red seaweed that grows in tufts on rocks in the lower tidal zone of sheltered European coasts. It is a marine alga, not a land plant, so it cannot be grown like a garden or houseplant.
Osmundea pinnatifida is a species of red alga known by the common name pepper dulse.
It is a small seaweed widely found in the tidal zone of moderately sheltered rocky shores around Europe. Although technically a red seaweed, it can show a wide range of colouring from yellow-buff to a red so dark as to be almost black.
Common growing as tufts on rock in rock pools in the lower littoral but never below low tide.
In Ireland, like most seaweeds, it is harvested quite a lot. It is often used in gin-making in northwestern Ireland. It is harvested and dried in Scotland and in the Channel Islands for use as a curry-flavoured spice.
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