The Wild Foodies of Philly
   In search of the food beneath our feet!
 



  LOOK-A-LIKES!

SIMILAR LEAF SHAPES AND THEIR VARIOUS EDGES:


Ground Ivy
toothed edge

 

http://www.missouriplants.com/blueopp/Glechoma_leaf_peg.jpg


Purple Deadnettle
jagged scissor edge

 

File:Hoja SVG (Lamium purpureum).svg


Henbit
jagged scalloped edge

 

http://www.botanickafotogalerie.cz/highslide/images/large/137/Lamium_amplexicaule7.jpg


Speedwell
slanted scalloped edge


 

Veronica persica, I_MWS17995


Common Mallow
wavy scissor edge

 

Malva neglecta leaf


Garlic Mustard
scalloped edge

 

Alliaria petiolata leaf


Wild Violet
slanted scissor edged

edible_weeds_wild_violet


Lesser Celandine
slightly wavy smooth edge

 

File:Ficaria verna sl1.jpg

 



 

 MORE LOOK-A-LIKES!


Dandelion - leaf is smooth, yellow flower

Image result for Taraxacum erythrospermum, LEAF
 


 
Chicory - leaf is rougher, blue flowers on stalk

Cichorium intybus leaves


Carpetweed - smallish plant, summer only

Mollugo verticillata node
 


Cleaver - rampant growth, early spring-late fall


Daylily

Daylily Shoots Are Edible
 


Iris - not edible

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VC0_dp7dXuo/WLNvC8uBtGI/AAAAAAAABGs/vNsCMrq-aWYk5jLzQDO7nKeA7KA32XJ0wCEw/s1600/strong+new+shoots.jpg

 

Milkweed

 

 

Dogbane (not edible)


Carrot

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Wild_carrot.jpg/800px-Wild_carrot.jpg

 


Poison Hemlock & Water Hemlock

Conium.jpg

   


Solomon’s Seal

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Polygonatum_falcatum_Mainau_ies.jpg
 


False Solomon’s Seal

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Maianthemum_racemosum_4930.JPG/1920px-Maianthemum_racemosum_4930.JPG

 

SPRING BULB CONFUSION


Spring Beauty - edible

Image result for Claytonia virginica, plant
 


Star of Bethlehem - iffy edible
 Image result for star of bethlehem, plant


Snowdrop - nonedible

Galanthus nivalis.jpg


MARSH - leaves hard to distinguish, but each has a very different flower & different preparation.


 
Arrowhead

http://www.nwplants.com/images/perennials/sag_lat_jko_1small.JPG


 
Pickerelweed

File:Pontederia cordata 02 ies.jpg


 
Arrow Arrum  (cook root)

Peltandra virginica
 


Cattail
– hotdog on a stick

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Typha_angustifolia1.JPG/800px-Typha_angustifolia1.JPG


Reedgrass/Phragmite

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Schwielowsee-Schilfrohrguertel-01.jpg/1280px-Schwielowsee-Schilfrohrguertel-01.jpg
 

 

 


      
Mugwort - cut leaf, sage smell

https://blog.etsy.com/en/files/2011/07/mugwort-hand.jpg
 


Epazote - intact leaf, gasoline smell

Chenopodium ambrosioides: Epazote leaf and flowers

COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF ARTEMISIA:


https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/artemisia-genus

Fig. 1. Leaves and synflorescences of four Artemisia species. (A) Artemisia absinthium. (B) Artemisia annua (Sweet Annie). (C) Artemisia dracunculus (French Tarragon). (D) (Mugwort) Artemisia vulgaris. For each species, the leaves placed in the upper or left side show the adaxial face and those placed in the lower or right side show the abaxial face. Photographs by P. Barnola, A. Mallol and L. Vilar (synflorescences of A. absinthium—detail—and A. dracunculus), G. Pié (synflorescence of A. annua) and J. Vallès (the rest).