Henbit is another plant that is good for erosion control and is very high in iron and vitamins as a food or as a medicinal plant. Actually, so is poke, though its use medicinally was a long time ago and with much care. As a tiny new green plant, it isn't so toxic, later it is, but was boiled and washed and boiled and washed and boiled again to use as a food and as a tonic. I've seen my Aunt Bett do that, and tasted it a few times. Tastes and look a lot like spinach, but I would not recommend it. Aunt Bett knew what she was doing, I don't.
But I do know I drew and painted all over the mountains with poke berries, drew on rocky cliffs, old wood and anything else I could find. I also decorated a shirt or two with their dye.
And you already know all about the dandelion, as an addition to salads or as battered blooms fried in oil, I highly recommend them.
Funny about wildflowers, so many look at them as problems when most of them used to be considered free and highly valued treasures.
Glad you save some of them for the wildlife, Fiwit. Thanks.
