| Date | Location | Notes | Images |
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| May 5, 2012 | Outside of Lisbon, Maine |
This plant was discussed at the Spring Foraging class today. See
Early
Spring Foraging Class pictures. Normally, I
only consider plants that I find and identify for this web page. Otherwise, I would
not really be learning anything. These pictures of the Red Trillium are from early
this morning, before the foraging class, so I do consider it my find even though it
was discussed later at class. It is edible before it flowers in the early Spring (mid- to late-April, perhaps early May further North). It has a nice cucumber taste which turns more bitter when the plant flowers. It works well in a salad. The a decoction of the rhizomes (underground stems) are used medicinally in a poultice for wounds. |
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