Topic: Corn Cockle or something else?

[Emagggie]

This beautiful flower is to be found in the hedgerow on my dog walk and also in a friend's garden. I've had a look in my wild flower book and corn cockle is the best I can come up with. It's not quite the same though, and I read that the seeds of corn cockle are poisonous. Can anyone help with a true identification please? The leaves are the same, long and grass like.

[Flighty]

It's salsify!

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[Emagggie]

Indeed it is!Thanks Flighty. I shall grow some. Never tasted it.

[Flighty]

You're welcome! A lot of people seem to grow it for the flowers not to eat. I've never tried it myself so can't tell you what it tastes like. 

[star]

Its lovely if a bit fiddly to prepare. It has a very mild, in between carrot and parsnip flavour. They have a thinnish root which can often be forked.

I have seeds but because of the poor weather I didnt sow them this year.

[Emagggie]

Looking around, it seems to be rampant on the golf course for some reason :o. (only in the rough by the fence though) I think it's pretty enough to have in the garden so I'll wait till it seeds.