How to Identify Horseweed

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5 жыл бұрын

Horseweed (Conyza canadensis) is not a common wild edible plant for many, but this sure is a great plant to know if you want to add a mild spicy flavour to your foods! Horseweed loves disturbed areas, and if you find it, chances are you may find lots of it! For more info see the link below.
- Horseweed (distinguishing features, flowers, leaves, height, habitat & edible parts): www.ediblewildfood.com/horsew...
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@elizabethbee3763 5 жыл бұрын

So grateful for this video. I do have horseweed in my garden and had not known the identity. I knew this was considered a weed, but had been impressed by the height and the many insects. Happy to learn that edible and medicinal. Although your "sparingly" warning means I already have an excessive amount and need to continue pulling many of the plants out.

@EdibleWildFood-1 5 жыл бұрын

It is a great plant to use as a spice - not as a "lettuce-green"!

@jaredpete4484 2 ай бұрын

Many natives also used the stalks to start friction fires using the hand drill method. I've actually done this and it works well.

@EdibleWildFood-1 2 ай бұрын

Great information! Thank you for sharing that!!!

@elfhunnexus1236 2 ай бұрын

I LITERALLY NEEDED THIS VID. I pulled a horseweed and planted it as an experiment and it survived. Then I was like, wtH is this plant? Lol

@EdibleWildFood-1 2 ай бұрын

Awesome!!!!

@terryheasley7027 10 ай бұрын

I LOVED learning about this! Thank you. Excellent video.

@BrianthatiscalledBrian 5 жыл бұрын

Thank You, again. Always interesting and informative. 👍🙂

@EdibleWildFood-1 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you imusbcraz!!!!

@Grayson4life Жыл бұрын

I was looking for lookalikes of American Burnweed to make sure there wasn’t anything similar that was poisonous. I intend to try the burnweed and your video popped up. Now you have a new follower and I’ve shared your video with many. We might need to know what “weeds” we can eat and use. Thanks for doing this

@EdibleWildFood-1 Жыл бұрын

Welcome!!! And thank you so much for subscribing and sharing - I am so grateful! I believe we will need to know what weeds are food - foraging is a skill, I feel, is important to have. In any case - I am glad you are here!

@petersimon5874 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@EdibleWildFood-1 5 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@karlaalvarez6038 2 жыл бұрын

I have a weed that grew at home which looks similar to horseweed. It's leaves are facing down...

@kearaallbee5644 29 күн бұрын

So glad I google photo this plant my dogs have flees and my son has a canker soar. This plant is in my yard

@isoetes5569 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! How can one tell C. canadensis from C. bonariensis and C. alba? I’ve been reading about differences in the bracts but I’m a little confused about it and can’t find any pictures or videos of them online.

@EdibleWildFood-1 11 ай бұрын

C alba is a plant I don't know about. C bonariensis - here is a website with some info about it! www.iewf.org/weedid/Conyza_bonariensis.htm

@isoetes5569 11 ай бұрын

@@EdibleWildFood-1 Awesome, thank you!! :)

@derekarmstrong1408 11 ай бұрын

I bought a house and am letting the yard grow to heal the soil. A huge patch of this is growing close to the house. Our area is known for having tons of flies. Is it possible they planted it for the bug repellent property?

@EdibleWildFood-1 11 ай бұрын

Hard to say - as many say it doesn't repel bugs!

@joyceobeys6818 Жыл бұрын

You didn’t snap it off to look inside the stem to show what it looks like n the underside of leaves n edges of leaves n etc… I have a few tall plants that kind of look like this but I can’t tell if it’s the same. 😢

@EdibleWildFood-1 Жыл бұрын

The taste will let you know. After you have tested the leaf on your forearm to ensure you have no allergic reaction, taste a leaf or two. After a couple of seconds you'll get a mild hot sauce-like sensation.

@skyangel6336 2 жыл бұрын

What about Erigeron canadensis Horseweed?

@EdibleWildFood-1 2 жыл бұрын

It is the same plant - Conyza canadensis and Erigeron canadensis are synonyms!

@woundeddove 5 жыл бұрын

Is it bitter?

@EdibleWildFood-1 5 жыл бұрын

No - I feel it has a pleasant taste and it takes 2 or 3 seconds then the spicy taste catches up!

@fluterific00 Жыл бұрын

Can it be xonfused with rosemary?

@EdibleWildFood-1 Жыл бұрын

No....rosemary looks different and has a very strong floral aroma.

@fluterific00 Жыл бұрын

@@EdibleWildFood-1 ok, thank you!

@ShlamTorray Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! One little critique: when speaking about native peoples, don't use past tense. THEY ARE STILL HERE!!!

@EdibleWildFood-1 Жыл бұрын

Past tense because of how the First Nations people "used" it. Not because they are no longer here.

@sretlawergnisretlawergni4659 Жыл бұрын

But be aware that it can cause contact dermatitis in some individuals, including redness and blistering.

@EdibleWildFood-1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that!

@ra7538 2 жыл бұрын

Why harvest and store them when they are so plentiful every year everywhere?

@EdibleWildFood-1 2 жыл бұрын

To use them in the winter months!

@TheHMD19 5 жыл бұрын

Great nutrients!! Steam them!!!

@EdibleWildFood-1 5 жыл бұрын

I am playing around with these to make a hot sauce - - you will have to try it next time you are here!!!!!

@TheHMD19 5 жыл бұрын

@@EdibleWildFood-1 Can they make Horseradish?

@EdibleWildFood-1 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheHMD19 No - it does not have that flavour - garlic mustard roots do!!!

@TheHMD19 5 жыл бұрын

@@EdibleWildFood-1 How about mixture of both edible foods?...mmmm lol Makes it spicy!!! Hahaha

@EdibleWildFood-1 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheHMD19 Tell you what - I'll give it a go - - you have to do the taste test!!!

@mommylove67 Ай бұрын

Thank you!