Baldursbrá.org, a field guide to one Icelandic coastal flower

Field notes

The project combines botanical description with literary and ethnographic evidence, treating traditional use as historical data rather than medical proof. Its subject is a salt-tolerant coastal plant that reportedly blooms in July, sometimes within metres of the waterline, and the page identifies a one-to-two-week annual harvest window. The site also records folkloric claims ranging from dream divination to an alleged tablecloth test, while explicitly warning readers not to consume the plant during pregnancy.