Some edible plants have deadly poisonous look-alikes. Edible parts of Yellow Rocket: Young leaves - raw or cooked like spinach. The best guides clearly explain identification, collection, and preparation techniques. In fact, the only plants in the picture that you can’t eat are the grasses and the Hemlock Water Dropwort (bottom left corner). Description of the plant: Plant: Perennial. There are multiple edible species in this picture: Ramsons (Wild Garlic), Lady’s Smock, Alternate-leaved Saxifrage, Orpine (top left), Lesser Celandine and Nettles – although those won’t be going in a salad! Orpine . Good field guides are invaluable. Today, I found some new shoots of orpine, sedum purpureum. tall, but can spread up to 2-3 feet (61-91.5 cm.) Height: 35 cm (1 foot) Flowering: May to August. Nettles are appearing, and I’ve seen the first Bistort coming up, so will try a variant on Dock Pudding soon. Just leave a few in the ground and the plant will quickly bounce back. Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops.The genus has been described as containing up to 600 species, subsequently reduced to 400–500. Nasturtium is often recognized for its bushing varieties and as a great groundcover plant, with edible flowers and leaves, but there are also climbing and trailing varieties that can serve as great edible additions to vertical gardens. These look vaguely like little cabbages and while small, say fingertip size, the entire plant is edible. (1998) is not specific to edible wild plants, but when I found the plant in question in the picture index followed by the entry, lo and behold, I also discovered that our local roseroot is edible. The Orpine, the largest British species of this genus, is readily distinguished from most of the other plants allied to it by its large, broad, flattened leaves and terminal heads of pinkish flowers, being the only British species with flat leaves. al. They are native to rocky, mountainous slopes in Europe and Asia, and are hardy in U.S. hardiness zones 3-11. Also commonly called Angelina stonecrop or Angelina stone orpine, Angelina sedum plants are low growing, spreading plants that only get about 3-6 inches (7.5-15 cm.) They are leaf succulents found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, but extending into the southern hemisphere in Africa and South America. We highly recommend the following guides: - Identifying and Harvesting Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants by Steve Brill - Discovering Wild Plants by Janice Schofield. Orpine is apparently, Sedum telephium, is the same Gs as Autumn Joy, a commonly grown ornamental. Benefits A hot cress-like flavour. Orpine (Sedum telephium), a native succulent with fleshy, crunchy leaves, is available, nice in salads and I’ve added it to stew as well. I know that there has been lots of 'work' on sedums so I can't vouch for the edibility/palatability of all varieties but the shade grown orpine was quite tasty. wide. Orpine and Garden Gnomes Finally, for much of Southern, Mid-Coast and Central Maine, a few wild edible plants are now available. Habitat of the herb: Moist places, roadsides, stream banks and hedges. Orpine is a common garden plant, but you can also find it growing wild in nature. One orpine plant can yield an amazing number of tubers. Plants of the Rocky Mountains by Linda Kershaw, et. It has a wide distribution: in warmer countries it is a mountain plant. Better yet, it doesn’t hurt the plant at all to dig and use the tubers. It's a good edible plant to know because of its long harvest season and its appealing crispness. 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