Tag: spring

Broadleaf Plantain / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Broadleaf plantain, Waybread, White man’s footprint  Botanical Name Plantago major Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Lamiales Family – Plantaginaceae Physical Characteristics for  Broadleaf plantain The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky, hairy flower stems.…

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…

St George’s Mushroom/ Spring / Edible St Georges mushroom is a brilliant edible springtime mushroom, look around St George’s Day after some rain. Botanical name Calocybe gambosa Meaning of botanical name From the ancient Greek words kalos “pretty” and cubos “head”, and the Latin gambosus, meaning “club footed”. The species…

Sea Spray / Spring / Summer / Edible Common Names Seepweed, Seaspray, Sea Rosemary (we’re trying to rename it Sea Samphire as its uses are so similar to that of Marsh Samphire) Botanical Name Suaeda Maritima  Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Asparagales Family – Amaranthaceae Physical Characteristics for Sea…

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 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…