Mystery edible from plant sale?

Started by Hector, April 15, 2014, 10:55:44

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Hector

Any ideas? it was in edible section with no label...don't want to nibble until I have an ID :)
Jackie

Hector

Jackie

gray1720

My garden is smaller than your Rome, but my pilum is harder than your sternum!

saddad

Looks like it to me too... a slight cucumber taste?

Digeroo

Looks like a strawberry to me.  Salad burnett have very dark green leaves.  You will soon know when it flowers.

pigeonseed

Yes salad burnett leaves are smaller with many more along each stalk. Looks like maybe wild strawb/alpine?

Hector

I'll go nibble a bit in the morning...it's a bit exciting this :)
Jackie

GREGME

just as long as it was meant to be in the edible section...

goodlife

#7
I can confirm it is not alpine/wild strawberry...I've got loads of those growing over here.

They almost like the first 'immature' leaves of coriander....or the first leaves of alfa alfa...

budgiebreeder

Earth fills her lap with treasures of her own.

pumkinlover

Doesn't look like coriander to me, leaves too thick. Also looks like been outside as grass mixed in, coriander doesn't survive outside where I live.

Andrew90

Definitely not like any coriander I've seen before if it is!

Hector

Yes, it survived outside and is spreading into wilder bit of garden edges....this is reallly bugging me as it looks familiar!
Jackie

goodlife

Umm..I have actually seen those leaves this morning. I took dog for walk and I spotted some exactly same looking small leaves amongst grass on field.
BUT...as there is only leaves...it is difficult to say exactly what they might grow into..there is several similar looking things in my 'wild flowers' book.
So either it is 'wild flower' = weed or it is 'wild cousin' of veg.
I've looked through my sources, but until there is more growth on or flowers it will be struggle.

Hector

im going to monitor it and not nibble...in case it's not a friendly one to eat :) A friend is a forager...I think. I might have seem this with him before...so I'll ask. better to be safe!
Jackie

Digeroo

I would not eat anything I was not sure about.  There is a good website for identifying wild flower plants.  How many leaves come out of the leaf joint.

Rather than eating try smelling carefully.   

Salad burnet has more leaflets to a stem, are more hiding under the grass?

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