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Henbit (Lamium Amplexicaule)
Annual herb; harvest in the spring
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Henbit is one of those that are hard to miss and easy to love. When we were small
children, we used to pick the dainty little purple flowers to eat in the play yard as a sweet
treat. Now I pick the whole plant as a yummy green.
Henbit is one of the early spring bloomers, so it will also be one of the first herbs you
identify each growing season. The shoots and young leaves make for a crisp and tender
addition to a salad. The whole (above ground) plant can be used as a potherb.
Lady’s Thumb (Polygonum persicaria)
Annual herb; harvest in the spring through late fall
These widespread weeds are a wonderful addition to your wild-crafted table. You can find
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Lady’s thumb growing in shady, rich soils and wetlands; there are no poisonous
lookalikes, and all Polygonum species are edible.
21 "Bee and henbits" by: Tammie Merrick Stogsdill (CC BY-SA 2.0)
22 "PinkStreamBankFlowerSK", by: Julia Adamson
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