I see smartweed from time to time. I tried them a few times but never understood the "heat" thing. Maybe I was sampling some native Aussie Persicaria that weren't hot?
More than likely. Ours just tingle if I chew a leaf long enough. So far, I’ve never encountered a really hot one here, but will be hunting some next time I visit wetlands. (I’m probably a spicy 2 or so, food wise.)
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Oh--so that's smartweed! I've always wondered what that plant with the pink bits was. Not sure if they're flowers or seeds or what--
Yaaa Teeny little flowers that each make 1 seed.
Glad to learn more about smartweed--I had been able to find very little. I fight it every year in my garden and lose.
The weeds will win🤣
We have ladies thumb here in the Great Lakes area. We were taught in “Campfire Girls” that the indigenous tribes used the leaves for wounds.
yaaa smartweeds were pretty big in their dispensary.
That one is prolific in my garden. I know a lot of edibles and medicinals around here,I did not know that one. Will test it out later today.
👍🏼 there are always more. The good one that I used to pull was quick weed.
I see smartweed from time to time. I tried them a few times but never understood the "heat" thing. Maybe I was sampling some native Aussie Persicaria that weren't hot?
More than likely. Ours just tingle if I chew a leaf long enough. So far, I’ve never encountered a really hot one here, but will be hunting some next time I visit wetlands. (I’m probably a spicy 2 or so, food wise.)