Today’s plant for #WildEdibleWednesday is Leucanthemum vulgare, or the Oxeye Daisy. One of the most recognizable wildflowers in the world, daisies have also been used as a medicinal plant for thousands of years. As a member of the Aster family (Asteraceae), their kin includes such medicinal luminaries as Chicory, Valerian, Liatris, Purple Aster, and Goldenrod, […]
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Today’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is one of our all-time favorites… the Oxalis genus, or Wood Sorrel. The species pictured, and the most common one in our area, is Oxalis stricta, or Yellow-Flowered Wood Sorrel. Wood Sorrel Habitat and Identification Wood sorrel is one of our favorite wild edible and medicinal plants. Like so
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In traditional societies around the world, every tribe had a shaman. He was a kind of hybrid between a natural healer and spiritual leader, and was deeply revered for his kinship with nature, and his ability to unlock the healing secrets of plants and mushrooms. If a member of the tribe had an illness, he
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Salvia lyrata, or Lyre Leaf Sage. This plant is a polarizing one – some people love it as a wildflower and plant it in their gardens, and others call it a noxious weed and do everything they can to kill it. It’s a member of the mint
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Today’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Trifolium pratense, or Red Clover. Although closely related to white clover, it’s a far more powerful medicinal herb that may hold a legitimate cancer treatment in its leaves. And like chickweed or plantain, in addition to being medicinally valuable, red clover is another one of those wild edibles
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Glechoma hederacea, or Creeping Charlie. It goes by a whole host of weird alternate names, including Ground Ivy (the most common one), Gill-Over-the-Ground, Hedgemaid, Tun-hoof, Runaway Robin, Lizzy-Run-Up-the-Hedge, Catsfoot, and Alehoof. No, not kidding. And don’t ask how those names came to be, other than people in
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Vicia sativa, or Common Vetch. Although it doesn’t sound like something you’d want to eat (it does rhyme with retch, after all), vetch has some great edible uses and a few medicinal ones as well. Vetch is another one of those plants that you’ve seen all your
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Today’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Viola sororia, or the Common Blue Violet. Beautiful yet often overlooked, violet is a useful and widespread edible and medicinal plant. This plant is yet another example of a common lawn “weed” that’s far more useful than bland, generic grass. Common Blue Violet Habitat and Identification Violet
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Arundinaria gigantea, otherwise known as River Cane, Switch Cane, or American Bamboo. Although much smaller in size, it is related to Asian bamboo species, and has many similar uses. Once growing in miles-long canebrakes along rivers and creeks throughout the Eastern U.S., river cane has lost much
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Stellaria media, or Common Chickweed. A member of the carnation family, Chickweed is another great example of a common lawn weed that’s way, way more valuable and useful than the grass that grows around it. It grows almost everywhere, and is one of the rockstars of the
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Cercis Canadensis, or the Eastern Redbud. Technically a legume, and one of the prettiest trees in the Eastern Woodlands, Redbud is also a versatile edible and medicinal tree. If you’ve grown up in the South (or really anywhere in the East), I can guarantee you’ve seen this
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