ID please

Jan 13, 2004
434
1
Czech Republic
one on the right is goose grass if i'm not mistaken, does it stick to you? no idea about the others although i've seen them many a time, not sure about them being pignut, but then i've never seen one close up.
 

Snufkin

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Oct 13, 2004
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139
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Norfolk
Goosegrass or cleavers on the right (which is edible, but not brilliant).
 

SoloBoy

Tenderfoot
Jul 5, 2005
69
0
48
Liverpool
Yes it is sticky,Is this the little fella which produces those sticky bobs,the ones we used to throw at each other when we were kids ??
 

match

Settler
Sep 29, 2004
707
8
Edinburgh
Really difficult to tell with the one on the left - I might hazard a guess that its mugwort, or at least a member of the artemisia family - does it have a scent at all? If so, artemisia members tend to smell kinda spicy or medicinal. I don't think its pignut, as this tends to have a single straight stem with quite fine feathery leaves.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/souvigne/correze/images/pignut.jpg
 

martin

Nomad
Sep 24, 2003
456
3
nth lincs
Left to right. Cow Parsley, Yarrow and Cleavers. These are not positive ids as I can't see the full plant.
You need to positively id all plants before using. Cow Parley is easily mixed up with Hemlock and other poisonous plants. You need to buy a field guide and an edible plant guide and get out there and study. And then double check before you eat anything, you could end up with a bad case of dead if you eat the wrong thing. Start off with common stuff like Nettle and Hawthorn leaves, both are easy to find and id. Both can eaten raw and are delish...
 

benjamin.oneill

Forager
Jan 31, 2006
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East Sussex, UK
I agree with the above, although I wouldn't dare say it was def. cow parsley. Yarrow or Achilae (sp?) and cleavers.

Apparently a tea of cleavers is meant to refine the skin leaving you so beautiful everyone who looks at you will fall in love with you.

Ben
 
Jul 6, 2006
3
0
Sussex
hawthorn is good raw, but nettles???

i have never heard of eatingt hem raw before
can you please tell me how one would go about removing the stingers
 

Ed

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Admin
Aug 27, 2003
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South Wales Valleys
I love goose grass.... but not to eat ;)

Its the only member of the coffee family that grows like crazy in the UK. It contains caffine so acts as a metabolic stimulant... just like coffee. You can make an excellent bush coffee from the round seeds/sticky balls... dry roasted they give a lovely nutty aroma... lightly roasted / dark roasted / mixed blend .... it all tastes good.....

ummmmm
:D
Ed
 

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