Few-Flowered Leek / Spring / Summer / Edible Identification Guide for Few-Flowered Leek A non-native, invasive member of the Allium family. Do your bit for nature and eat it 🙂 Common Names Few-Flowered Leek, Few-Flowered Garlic. Botanical Name Allium paradoxum Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Asparagales Family –…
Category: Plant identification
Lords and Ladies / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Toxic Identification Guide for Lords and Ladies A very common, toxic species. Anyone who gathers wild garlic should be aware of this plant as it appears at the same time of year in similar locations. Common Names Lords and Ladies,…
Ladies Smock / All Year Round / Edible Identification Guide for Ladies Smock A perennial member of the Brassica family, with a delicious mustardy taste. Common Names Ladies Smock, Cuckoo flower, Mayflower or Milkmaids. Botanical Name Cardamine pratensis Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Brassicales Family – Brassicaceae Physical…
Scots Pine / All Year Round / Edible Identification Guide for Scots Pine A tall, evergreen tree (up to 30m) flat or domed top. One of only three native conifers in the UK. Common Names Scots Pine, Scots fir, European redwood Botanical Name Pinus Sylvestris Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae…
Ox Eye Daisy / Spring / Summer / Edible A fairly common and easy to identify plant with edible leaves and flowers. Common Names Ox Eye Daisy, Dog daisy, Marguerite. Botanical Name Leucanthemum vulgare Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Asterales Family – Asteraceae Physical Characteristics for Ox Eye…
Foxglove / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Toxic A very common summer flowering native plant, it’s potentially deadly poisonous so one every forager should be familiar with. Common Names Foxgloves, Foxes gloves, thimble flower, fairy gloves. Botanical Name Digitalis. There are quite a few Digitalis species the most common…
Heather / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Heather/Ling Heather/Scotch Heather Latin Name: Calluna vulgaris Erica tetralix, E. caerulea – Ericaceae Harvest Season: Best to collect fresh, young (not too woody) flowering tops (leaves and flowers) when the flowers have just bloomed – usually July – October, depending on…
Sea Aster / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Name: Sea Aster Latin Name: Aster tripolium, Asteraceae Harvest Season: Young leaves become visible in April and you may find a bit of fresh growth until October. Rely on your sense of good, healthy, fresh-looking foliage. Habitat: Mainly salt…
Hotten-Tot Fig / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Sour Fig/Ice Plant (The name Hottentot Fig is also known, but foragers should be aware that this name has colonial and racist history in South Africa where the plant originated) Latin Name Carpobrotus edulis, Aizoaceae (Fig-Marigold…
Scurvy Grass / spring / summer / autumn / winter / edible Common Name: Common Scurvy Grass, Danish Scurvy Grass, English Scurvy Grass Latin Name Cochlearia officinalis Family Brassicaceae. Growing on rock near a salt water body Season There is a scurvy grass for most of the growing season, and…