Clovers / Edible / Spring / Summer Common Name Clover Botanical Name Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) and their relatives Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Fabales Family – Fabaceae Physical Characteristics of Clover Depending on conditions, Red Clover plants can grow up to 80 centimetres…
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Sea Purslane / Spring / Summer / Edible Common Names Sea Purslane Botanical Name Halimione portulacoides Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Caryophyllales Family – Amaranthaceae Physical Characteristics for Sea Purslane Sea purslane is a bushy perennial that sprawls along over each other and the ground, growing to 75cm in…
Sea Buckthorn / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Sea Buckthorn, Buckthorn, Tang Bush, Sea Berry. Botanical Name Hippophae Rhamnoides Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Elaeagnaceae Physical Characteristics of Sea Buckthorn Sea Buckthorn is a dioecious shrub or small tree growing from…
Sea Beet / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Sea beet, Wild spinach Botanical Name Beta vulgaris maritima Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Caryophyllales Family – Amaranthaceae Physical Characteristics of Sea Beet Sea beet is a sprawling perennial growing up to 1m, although rarely…
Rock Samphire / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Samphire, Stone Samphire, Rock Samphire, Sea Fennel Botanical Name Crithmum maritimum Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Apiales Family – Apiacea Physical Characteristics for Rock Samphire Rock Samphire is a fleshy perennial growing to 30cm tall and wide.…
Rowan / Spring /Summer /Autumn / Edible Common Names Rowan, Mountain Ash, witch wiggin tree, keirn, cuirn Botanical Name Sorbus aucuparia Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaceae Physical Characteristics for Rowan It occurs as a tree or shrub that grows up to between 5 and…
Ribwort Plantain / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Narrowleaf plantain, English plantain, Buckhorn plantain, ribleaf, lamb’s tongue. Botanical Name Plantago lanceolata Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaeae Physical Characteristics for Ribwort Plantain The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky,…
Yarrow / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Arrowroot, bad man’s plaything, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, death flower, devil’s nettle, eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight’s milefoil, knyghten, milefolium, milfoil, millefoil, noble yarrow, nosebleed, old man’s mustard, old man’s pepper, sanguinary, seven year’s love,…
Miners Lettuce / Spring / Summer / Winter / Edible Common Names Miner’s lettuce, Indian lettuce, Spring Beauty, Winter Purslane. Botanical Name Claytonia perfoliata Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Caryophyllales Family – Montiaceae Physical Characteristics for Miner’s lettuce Claytonia perfoliata is a tender rosette-forming plant that grows to a…