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Ragwort

Some people have an allergic reaction of the skin from touching Ragwort....

Hedge Bedstraw

Hedge Bedstraw is similar in looks and taste to Cleavers but lacks the hooked hairs and general roughness so is good to eat raw or it can be used to...

Sea Radish

Available year round and common around many coastal areas Sea Radish is an easy to recognise member of the cabbage family particularly when the seed pods are present.

Beech Tree

Beech trees, in the right conditions, can grow into large, old, majestic trees over 40 metres high....

Lamb's lettuce

Lamb’s lettuce or corn salad is a leafy green vegetable with a nutty flavour, commonly cultivated in France but less commonly found in shops. In the wild it grows as...

Winter Heliotrope

This non native member of the Daisy family, Asteraceae, has flowers that track the sun during the day, hence the name Heliotrope....

Winter Aconite

Winter Aconite is not native to the UK but has become naturalised in woods, parks and roadsides. Its bright, glossy, yellow flowers are one of he first flowers of the...

Miner's lettuce

An excellent salad green, a bit like spinach and easily recognised. Often available from February onwards. A native of north America but now present across Europe, but not considered invasive....

Sour Fig

These plants are a non-native from the southern hemisphere, South Africa, Australia and Chile. The genus Carpobrutus contains a number of very closely related and hard to separate species and...

Henbane

This poisonous member of the Solonacea family (nightshades, potatoes, tomatoes) is an unusual and striking non native. The dramatic creamy yellow and purple veined flowers are an unusual sight, most...