Sour 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) Botanical Name Carpobrotus edulis Scientific Classification…
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Oarweed / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Tangle, Red Ware, Sea Girdle, Leath Botanical Name Laminaria digitata Scientific Classification Kingdom – Chromista Order –Laminariales Family – Laminariaceae Habitat Kelps such as Oarweed grow in dense kelp gardens/forests, usually just beyond the rockpool line such that they…
Dulse Seaweed / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Red seaweed, Dillisk, Vegan’s Bacon, Creathnach Botanical Name Palmaria palmata Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Palmariales Family – Palmariaceae Habitat Northern coasts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and their associated seas. Prefers to grow on rocks,…
The Lion’s Mane Fungus / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names The Lion’s Mane Fungus, Bearded Tooth, Tree Hedgehog Fungus, Pom-pom Mushroom, Monkey Head mushroom. Scientific Name Hericium Erinaceus Family Hericiaceae Habitat They are very rare in the UK but can occasionally be found on dead or…
Scurvy Grass / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Common Scurvy Grass, Danish Scurvy Grass, English Scurvy Grass Botanical Name Cochlearia officinalis Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaceae Physical Characteristics for Scurvy Grass There is Scurvy Grass for most of the…
Sea Kale / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Name Sea Kale Botanical Name Crambe maritima Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Brassicales Family – Brassicaceae Physical Characteristics Leaves When young, the leaf shoots emerge with a magenta to violet colour, slowly turning green as they grow, but…
White Mustard / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Name White Mustard Botanical Name Sinapis alba Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Brassicales Family – Brassicaceae Physical Characteristics Flowers The whole plant can grow to nearly a metre tall, and tend to branch, ending in small clusters of…
Charlock Mustard / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Charlock Mustard, field mustard, wild mustard, charlock Botanical Name Sinapis arvensis Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Brassicales Family – Brassicaceae Physical Characteristics for Mustard Charlock Leaves The leaves are long, with varying degrees of invagination along the…
Black Mustard / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Black Mustard Botanical Name Brassica nigra, Rhamphospermum nigrum Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Brassicales Family – Brassicaceae Physical Characteristics for Black Mustard Late Spring to Summer these plants will be out in flower, leaf and seed, sometimes…
Sea Orache / Spring / Summer / Edible There are 5 Oraches in Francis Rose’s ‘The Wild Flower Key’. All are edible and delicious, as long as you’re sure they’re Oraches. All live near the coastline or salt estuaries, often growing on sand. Never leave a patch of green on…