Warrigal greens are tasty, salty, and covered in tiny balloon-like hairs
- Written by Bronwyn Barkla, Associate Professor of Plant Protein Biochemistry, Southern Cross University
Warrigal greens are covered in balloon-like hairs that store salt.Mason Brock/Wikipedia
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