Wild Radish Foraging

[unspeakablehorror]

Went for a walk earlier and picked some wild radish seed pods.  All of the wild radish plant is edible, though the stem tends to be too fibrous to bother with.  I also lost my phone and had to backtrack to find it.  Fortunately I'd been taking pictures with it earlier so I knew that I'd had it before I stopped taking pictures and I also figured it probably fell out of my pocket while I was bending over to get the wild radish seed pods.  I was right, though it did take me some time to locate it in the field I dropped it in, lol.

I've foraged wild radish for many years.  Standard disclaimer applies here that you should never forage without being able to positively identify the plant, and that important identification information (like poisonous lookalikes) can vary by locality. Wild radish grows in a lot of places around the world.  In the US, and in many other countries, it is considered an invasive weed species. 

Additional info about wild radish:

https://joshfecteau.com/foraging-wild-greens-wild-radish/

Comments

[rugessnome]

Interesting, and I'm sorry you lost your phone, even temporarily. I have no idea if wild radish grows around here, but I did enjoy some seedpods from planted radishes (I think they were just the root kind and not the varietal grown for pods) a few years back.

[unspeakablehorror]

Ah, thanks! I'm just glad I noticed fairly early during my walk back home and was able to find it.

Wild radish and cultivated radish have many similarities, though the roots are a major difference. I imagine the seed pods probably taste very similar. Wild radish grows in many places around the world, though a lot of places also try very hard to eradicate it. It especially likes to grow in places with disturbed soil.