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[2] [3] [4] It is considered to be one of the ten worst weeds in the world. [5] In the United States, Johnson grass is listed as either a noxious or quarantined weed in 19 states. [ 6 ] With Sorghum bicolor it is a parent of Sorghum × almum , a forage crop also considered a weed in places.
Immature fruiting head Barbs on awn of Bidens pilosa Inflorescences. Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae.Its many common names include hitch hikers, black-jack, beggarticks, farmer's friends and Spanish needle, but most commonly referred to as cobblers pegs.
Iva annua was cultivated for its edible seed by Native Americans around 4,000 years ago [7] in the central and eastern United States as part of the Eastern Agricultural Complex. It was especially important to the indigenous peoples of the Kansas City Hopewell culture in present-day Missouri and Illinois. The edible parts contain 32 percent ...
Primarily edible Nettle: Urtica dioica: Broccoli, tomato, [2] valerian, mint, fennel: Despite its "sting", young plant parts are edible, as is much of the plant when blanched or otherwise prepared. It can be used to make herbal tea: Also once grown as a crop for its fiber. Its juice was once used in the place of rennet in cheese-making.
Leaves (when young, in April), edible raw as a salad vegetable . Berries (in autumn), edible raw, or made into jellies, jams and syrups, or used as a flavoring [6] Beech: Fagus sylvatica: Europe, except parts of Spain, northern England, northern parts of Northern Europe: Nuts (in September or October), edible raw or roasted and salted, or can ...
Amaranthus palmeri is a species of edible flowering plant in the amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, [1] dioecious amaranth, [2] Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed. It is native to most of the southern half of North America. Populations in the eastern United States are probably naturalized ...
Some are nuisance weeds (and are sometimes called dockweed or dock weed), but some are grown for their edible leaves. [2] Rumex species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, and are the only host plants of Lycaena dispar and Lycaena rubidus .
In Dr. James Duke's Handbook of Edible Weeds, he notes that the Native American Kiowa people chewed wood sorrel to alleviate thirst on long trips, the Potawatomi cooked it with sugar to make a dessert, the Algonquin considered it an aphrodisiac, the Cherokee ate wood sorrel to alleviate mouth sores and a sore throat, and the Iroquois ate wood ...