| SALSIFY | The Mediterranean plant Tragopogon porrifolius, also called oyster plant or vegetable oyster |
| OYSTERPLANT | Another name for the Mediterranean plant salsify (6,5) |
| SPICE | Historically traded on the Silk Road, any of various plant- or vegetable-based ingredients - chilli, cinnamon, cloves, coriander or cumin to name a few (5) |
| PORTENT | Lays out oyster plant - it's an omen (7) |
| LOVEINAMIST | Mediterranean plant with finely divided leaves and white, blue or yellow flowers, also known as the fennelflower |
| CUMIN | Mediterranean plant with small white or pink flowers whose seeds are used to flavour the liquer kemm |
| LARKSPUR | Mediterranean plant with spikes of blue, pink or white flowers (8) |
| CARDOON | A Mediterranean plant close akin to the true artichoke (7) |
| ROCKET | Mediterranean plant with yellowish-white flowers; a popular salad vegetable |
| ANISE | Mediterranean plant of the parsley family cultivated for its aromatic liquorice- flavoured seeds (5) |
| CARAWAY | Mediterranean plant of the parsley family, its seeds used for flavouring (7) |
| HENBANE | Poisonous Mediterranean plant that yields the drug hyoscyamine |
| CALENDULA | A genus of Mediterranean plant that includes the common marigold (9) |
| SQUILL | A coastal Mediterranean plant allied to the lilies, Drimia maritima (6) |
| PAPYRUS | Tall aquatic Mediterranean plant from whose pithy stem a kind of paper was made by the ancient Egypt |
| ENDIVE | Let us say it's a bitter Mediterranean plant (6) |
| ALOEVERA | Mediterranean plant whose thick leaves give off a soothing juice (4,4) |
| SAGE | Mediterranean plant having grey-green leaves which are used in cooking (4) |
| BORAGE | Mediterranean plant with blue star-shaped flowers whose young leaves are used in salads (6) |
| CAPER | Spiny Mediterranean plant, Capparis spinosa, with edible flower buds (5) |
