A plant of shallow sea water, it is not really suitable for normal cultivation.

Leaves - raw or cooked. The leaf bases are crisp and sweet, they were often used as a feast food by the native North American Indians. Seed. No more details are given. The root of the plant is chewed for its saccharine juice. The root is crisp and sweet, it was used as a flavoring by the native North American Indians and was also dried for winter food. The raw rhizomes were often used as a feast food.

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe. Division.

Fine gravel, sand or mud in the sea from low water spring tides down to depths of 4 metres. It is rarely found in estuaries.