Scientific name:

Fucus spiralis

About:

A common ‘wrack’ seaweed, grows just below the high water mark on rocky shores. Fronds grow up to 40cm long.

How to identify:

<p>A pale olive-brown ‘wrack’ seaweed, recognised by the spirally twisting fronds with an obvious rib down the middle, and the paired swollen tips which look like soaked golden sultanas.</p>

Where:

Common on rocky shores all around our coasts.