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Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 6 "Sweet Violet"

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 6 - "Sweet Violet" Botanical name : Viola odorata Common name : Sweet Violet Physical appearance : A low growing downy creeper with rounded green leaves and viole...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 13 - "St. George's Mushroom"

Botanical name : Tricholoma gambosum now Calocybe gambosa Common names : St. George's Mushroom, mousseron Physical appearance : The cap is between 5 and 12cm wide, fleshy and  creamy white in colo...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 14 - "Ramsons"

Botanical name : Allium ursinum Common names : Ramsoms, Buckrams, Wild Garlic, Wood Garlic, Bear Leek, Bear's Garlic   Physical appearance : A perennial with broad, spear shaped leaves and white, s...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 3 - "Good King Henry"

Botanical name : Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus Common name : Good King Henry   Physical appearance : A medium sized perennial with large, finely toothed, triangular leaves. Edible parts : Leaves and ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 4 -"Nettle"

Botanical name : Urtica Dioica Common name : Stinging Nettle   Physical appearance : A medium sized perennial with large, toothed, heart shaped leaves. The plant is an upright perennial which is c...

Wild "Poisonous" Plant Of The Week 10 - Angel's Wings

Botanical name: Pleurocybella porrigens, Common names: Angel’s Wings, Seasonality: Common from August to November in the UK. Habitat: Widely spread throughout the Northern hemisphere. In the UK, i...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 5 - "Hops"

Botanical name : Humulus Lupulus Common name : Hop / Hops Physical appearance : A large climbing plant which can grow up to 6 metres in height. The leaves are toothed and have five lobes. The fema...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 7 - "Jack By The Hedge"

Botanical name : Alliaria petiolata Common names : Jack By The Hedge, Garlic Mustard, Poor Man's Mustard, Sauce Alone, Jack In The Bush Physical appearance : An annual or biennial, growing to just...

Wild Edible of the Week - Week 1 - "Sweet Cicely"

Botanical name : Myrrhis Odorata Common name : Sweet Cicely, Sweet Chervil, Roman Palnt Physical appearance : A hairy, branched, perennial, growing to approximately 4-5 foot in height. Its leaves ...

Wild Edible of the Week - Week 2 - "Horseradish"

Botanical name : Armoracia Rusticana Common name : Horseradish   Physical appearance : A medium sized perennial with large, slightly toothed, wavy, dock like leaves. Grows up to 3 foot in height. ...