Honckenya peploides subsp. major (Hook.) Hultén

Plants with few stems, slender, succulent. Stems prostrate to decumbent, not much-branched, 10-30(-50) cm × 1-3 mm, internodes of main stem 8-40(-60) mm. Leaves: main stem leaves widely spaced, conspicuously larger than those of lateral branches; blade elliptic-obovate to broadly elliptic or narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, (10-)20-46 × (5-)10-20 mm, apex acute to apiculate. Pedicels (3-)8-16(-26) mm. Flowers: sepals ovate, 4-6 mm, apex apiculate. Capsules 5-8 × 5-10 mm, chartaceous. Seeds reddish to yellowish brown, 2-4 mm, glossy. 2n = 48, 64, 66, 68.

It is a cold temperate plant. It grows on gravel and sandy soils along beaches.

The leaves are eaten fresh and raw. They are also chopped and cooked to make deserts. The leaves are eaten as a potherb and also used to make sauerkraut. They can be boiled and eaten with seal oil.