Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Plant ID

Whatever it is it wintered over, I'm not sure if it's mustard greens or not, ideas???


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When I picked off a part of a leaf it smelled like lettuce or grass not peppery.

7 comments:

Sheepish said...

I think it is one of the docks..possibly curly dock. If you had said it was lemony tasting I would have said it was sorrel. I have a weed that looks like it, I have never tried to eat the plant but I believe it is edible. It is the bane of my existance. The root if it is chopped with the tiller into tiny pieces..each piece grows.. When I dig it up it never sees my compost pile, into the garbage it goes. http://organicinstlouis.blogspot.com/

k baxter packwood said...

I'll have to take a taste and see what it tastes like then!

k baxter packwood said...

The leaves do not taste lemony and they do not taste sour.

Sheepish said...

then my vote is that it is the same dock I have. when i went to vrious sites it looks to me the same..hope I helped

Milkthistle said...

It definitely is a dock (Rumex.) Sorrel is another, cultivated, member of the Rumex family. The leaves should taste sour and lemony. It is delicious with light steaming or sauteing.

Milkthistle said...

most likely either Patience Dock or Curly Dock

Milkthistle said...

try cooking the leaves and see if they taste lemony then.