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…
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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…
Meadowsweet / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Mead wort, queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadow-wort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, and bridewort. Botanical Name Filipendula ulmaria Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaeae Physical Characteristics for Meadowsweet…
Dead Nettles (white & red) / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Though superficially similar to species of Urtica (true nettles) in appearance, it is not related and does not sting, hence the name “dead-nettle”. Edible Uses Young leaves – raw or cooked. They can be added to salads or mixed…
Comfrey / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is a well-known wild plant that thrives in damp meadows, riverbanks, and hedgerows across the UK. Recognised by its drooping, bell-shaped purple flowers and rough, hairy leaves, this hardy perennial has been used for centuries in traditional herbal…
Crow Garlic / Spring / Winter / Edible Common Names Wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag’s garlic, compact onion, false garlic, wild onion Botanical Name Allium vineale Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Allium Family – Amaryllidaceae Physical Characteristics for Crow Garlic A perennial, bulb-forming species of wild…
Cleavers / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Everything you need to safely identify the edible and medicinal Cleavers or Sticky Weed (Gallium Aparine) before heading out to forage some. Common Names Clivers, “bort”, bedstraw, goosegrass, catchweed, stickyweed, stickybud, robin-run-the-hedge, sticky willy, sticky willow, stickyjack, stickeljack, and grip grass.…
Burdock / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Burdock, Greater Burdock, Gobo root, Beggar’s Buttons, Thorny Burr, Happy Major Botanical Name Arctium lappa Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Asterales Family – Asteraceae Physical Characteristics for Burdock Greater Burdock is a biennial plant, rather tall, reaching as much as…