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Plant ID please
On 07/09/2020 11:53, David wrote:
On Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:10:41 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote: In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: The usual English name is red goosefoot. I'd restrict fathen to the Chenopodium album aggregate. (Floras restrict the name to Chenopodium album, but since the rest of the aggregate is rather difficult to identify - all I can manage is fig-leaved goosefoot and maybe quinoa - I expect that in practice the name is applied to the aggregate.) If it passes the duck test .... If anyone is interested, almost all of those are good eating (and not just edible) as spinach alternatives and when flowering or when seeds are just developing as 'broccolis'. A pain to pick, because they are all small, and it's a little surprising that fat hen doesn't seem to have been adopted as a cultivated plant. Quinoa, magenta spreen and a few others are cultivated, mainly in south America, and I have grown and eaten a few. The seeds are edible, too, but I found them to be mostly husk. I don't know how to remove that. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Just to confirm, are you saying that the plant I asked to be IDd is "good eating"? Here's a "two star review" https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?Lat...opodium+rubrum My rule of thumb is don't eat something if you're not 110% sure of what it is. -- SRH |
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Plant ID please
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: On 07/09/2020 11:53, David wrote: Just to confirm, are you saying that the plant I asked to be IDd is "good eating"? Here's a "two star review" https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?Lat...opodium+rubrum That Web site is pretty awful, and has more arse-covering than useful information. Compare that entry with its ones for C. giganteum and C. album, which most definitely ARE good eating and not toxic. The difference in edibility ratings is not supported by anything in the text that I can see, and it's the same as Rumex crispus (also edible). God help us all, Rumex acetosa gets FIVE stars and that's definitely toxic in excess! I am pretty sure that they use the word edibility where palatability would be more accurate. My rule of thumb is don't eat something if you're not 110% sure of what it is. Hmm. You're a better botanist than THAT, surely! My rule is to try something if (a) it seems interesting and (b) nothing I could mistake it for is seriously toxic. As you know, toxins run in families, and I am paranoid only about plants in dangerous families or ones that I can't be sure aren't. For example, if it's a brassica, but it's not clear which, why not? And, if were another of the cruciferae, there aren't any real nasties in the UK that I know of. But I don't eat ANY wild umbelliferae, despite the edibility of many, as I am not good enough on them, and there ARE some real nasties. Even eating carrot or parsnip tops (as is sometimes proposed) isn't a good idea. In particular, when you eat seedling greens (very trendy), you can't be absolutely sure what they are, even from a supermarket. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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