The Wild Indian Plant is a Perennial plant. This plant also goes by the name's Indian lettuce, milkweed, and wild lettuce. Because of its analgesic properties, some have even referred to this plant as Opium Weed. This plan has leaves and tender stems with a slight bitter flavor and are used fresh as salad, boiled, steamed or stir-fried, or in soup. [1] The leaves contain about 1.5% protein, 0.4% fat, 2.2% carbohydrate, 0.7% ash. The cooked stem - contains 0.6% protein, 0.1% f

False Hawk’s Beard can have blossoms in all stages. False Hawk’s Beard is also known as: Crepis Japonica These weedy little plants are popping up right now. False Hawk’s Beard have little variations, and some are more or less bitter than the others, but they are found across North America, Europe and Asia. For such an edible group they are barely known. The Smooth Hawksbeard is found in most northern states; the Fiddle Leaf Hawksbeard is found along the Rocky Mountains thro

LEARN THE HISTORY OF USES AND HEALTH BENEFITS OF LADY'S THUMB This plant is a native of Europe and the British Isles, and was introduced to North America where it has become an invasive weed. It can grow to heights of three and a half feet but is more normally about two and a half feet tall. The Polygonum family gets their name from the Greek words, poly, meaning many and gonus meaning knee or joint, referring to the nodes on the stem of the plants. Despite their weed status

Chamomile Chamomile is an ancient remedy still in use today. Its longevity testifies to its usefulness and effectiveness. I think of it as a calming plant, and it does have sedative properties. The plant has daisy-like flowers with a hollow, cone-shaped receptacle, and tiny yellow disk flowers covering the cone. The cone is surrounded by more than ten (probably 10 to 20) white, down-curving ray flowers, giving it the ultimate appearance of a miniature daisy. You can distingui