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Wild Edible Of The Week 50 "Vetch"

Botanical name: Vicia sativa Common name: Vetch, Poor Man's Peas, Bush Vetch, Common Vetch Physical appearance: Small slender leaves, which grow in opposing pairs on a stem which ends with fine cu...

Wild Edible Of The Week 47 "Milk Thistle"

Botanical name: Silybum marianum Common name: Milk Thistle, Mary Thistle, Cardus Marianus, Scotch Thistle, Mediterranean Milk Thistle, Veriegated Thistle Physical appearance: These are quite easy t...

Wild Edible Of The Week 49 "Hary Bittercress"

Botanical name: Cardamine hirsuta Common name: Hairy Bittercress, Lamb's Cress, Land Cress, Hoary Bittercress, Shot Weed, Flick Weed Physical appearance: A low growing plant that has a distinctive...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 44 " Kelp"

Botanical Name : Laminaria digitata Common names : Kelp, Oarweed Physical appearance : The average Kelp consists of a long stem (called a stipe) growing up to between 2 - 3 metres in height. The s...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 22 - "Wild Gooseberry"

Botanical name : Ribes uva-crispa Common names : Gooseberry, Fae-berry Physical appearance : A numerously branched low growing spiny shrub, growing up to 1.2 metres (4ft) in height. Its leaves hav...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 25 - "Black Mustard"

Botanical name : Brassica Nigra Common names : Black Mustard, Physical appearance : A tall green/grey annual, growing up to a metre in height. It has stalked leaves and the lower leaves are lobed ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 28 - "Poppy"

Botanical name : Papaver rhoeas Common names : Common Poppy, Corn Poppy, Corn Rose, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, Red Poppy Physical appearance : A hairy annual 30-60cm in height. It's characterist...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 9 - "Hawthorn"

Botanical name : Crataegus monogyna Common names : Hawthorn, Haws, Mayblossom, Maythorn, Quickthorn, Bread and Cheese. Physical appearance : A shrub that grown up to 8 metres in height and spread....

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 10 - "Dandelion"

Botanical name : Taraxacum officinale Common names : Dandelion, Dents de lion, Pis en lit, Physical appearance : A hairy perennial with roughly toothed leaves which grow from the base of the plant...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 12 - "Fairy-Ring Champignon"

Botanical name : Marasmius oreades Common names : Fairy Ring Mushrooms, Fairy Ring Champignon, Scotch bonnet.   Physical appearance : The cap is between 2 and 5cm wide and has a slight bump in the ...