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Toronto canada  Aini Apr 14, 2020 1:09 PM CST |
| Hello, I found many of these small plants with green leaves on my side yard/alley. They are in bunches and about 5-8 inches tall. Do you know what kind of plants they are? And edibles or not. See picture attached. Many thanks Aini  |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI Apr 14, 2020 3:10 PM CST |
 They look like wood violets. You will know soon as little viola flowers will appear any minute now. If they are wood violets, yes, the flowers are edible. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Big Bill Livonia, Michigan (Zone 6a) American Orchid Society Judge              BigBill Apr 14, 2020 3:18 PM CST |
| Daisy, any chance this is the evasive garlic mustard? Rodney Wilcox Jones, my idol! Businessman, Orchid grower, hybridizer, lived to 107! |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Apr 14, 2020 3:22 PM CST |
| Could be. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Big Bill Livonia, Michigan (Zone 6a) American Orchid Society Judge BigBill Apr 14, 2020 3:25 PM CST |
| Thank you. Rodney Wilcox Jones, my idol! Businessman, Orchid grower, hybridizer, lived to 107! |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Apr 14, 2020 3:32 PM CST |
| The leaves do look like mustard garlic if you don't take size into account. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Toronto canada Aini Apr 14, 2020 6:50 PM CST |
| Thank you so much!!! Both of You are very knowledgeable. I googled, wood violet and mustard garlic. Then I picked couple of leaves and ate them. The taste matched mustard garlic as described ; bitter, strong taste, a bit spicy garlicy too. Seems like the Plants is in its first year, never seen them around my yard before. Thanks again-Aini |
Name: Big Bill Livonia, Michigan (Zone 6a) American Orchid Society Judge BigBill Apr 14, 2020 7:11 PM CST |
| You are welcome. Rodney Wilcox Jones, my idol! Businessman, Orchid grower, hybridizer, lived to 107! |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)          plantladylin Apr 14, 2020 7:12 PM CST |
| My first thought was also some sort of wild viola but something didn't seem to match and it does look more like Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) considered a non native invasive in many areas of North America. It's considered invasive in Ontario too: http://www.invadingspecies.com... http://ontariowildflowers.com/... ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
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