Wild edibles found in the city park in February

19/2/2013

8 Comments

Okay, let's do a little quiz here: which ones can you name?

8 Comments

Jo McPhee

18/2/2013 10:12:29 pm

Enlighten me! 3rd one down is nettle..dandelion...plantain....is that angelica??? Did you see on River Cottage Garden the Dandelion jam recipe??? I so want to make that...how beautiful :)

Leaf link

19/2/2013 03:47:29 pm

You're right about the stinging nettle, dandelion and plantain! The picture below plantain is ground elder in young stage. The other ones I'm not telling yet, maybe some others would like to guess as well :)

Murielle Cordemans link

21/2/2013 04:59:37 pm

thanks for that, i was wondering what the ground elder was, ground elder ...the second one i really wonder, the first one is Bellis perrenis, ons madeliefje!

Murielle Cordemans

21/2/2013 05:19:09 pm

sorry can t resist the temptation to give a wild guess one more or two! hondsdraf, Glechoma hederacea, ground ivy and Stellaria Media, vogelmuur, chickweed???

Murielle Cordemans

21/2/2013 05:23:15 pm

or maybe garlic mustard, more likely!

Leaf link

21/2/2013 05:52:24 pm

:) Nice one, Murielle!
Ok, so we have:
1: common daisy
2: ?
3: stinging nettle
4: dandelion
5: plantain
6: ground elder
7: garlic mustard indeed :)
8: chickweed

sean tuomey link

3/3/2013 06:59:21 pm

So, the 2nd one is geum?

Leaf link

4/3/2013 06:01:07 pm

Yes it is, geum urbanum. Good job, Sean!

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Wild edibles found in the city park in February

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