Lepidium oleraceum
Cooks Scurvy Grass
Lepidium oleraceum, commonly known as Cook’s scurvy grass or nau, is a coastal herb native to New Zealand. It grows up to 50 centimetres tall and features fleshy, toothed leaves with clusters of small white flowers from spring to autumn. Once used by early sailors to prevent scurvy, the young leaves are rich in vitamin C and edible. Now nationally endangered, it naturally occurs on seabird-influenced coastal sites and is suited to well-drained, fertile soils in restoration and conservation projects.
Lepidium oleraceum (Cooks Scurvy Grass) is currently unavailable.
Why? Our plants are subject to seasonality and high-demand. Please contact us if you would like to know when it becomes available again.
