Julia pending

Sagittaria latifolia

Duck-potato

Correction submitted on 21 Jan 19:39

Summary

Current status: Correction is pending validation.


Notes:
  • References for edibility is my own amalgamated knowledge and experiences. Said knowledge has been in part informed by and also can be verified in Sam Thayer's books (Forager's Harvest & Field Guide to Wild Edible Plants).
  • Note on edibility. While all the parts I added are certainly edible, to avoid bitterness the green parts are usually eaten in their immature stages after being boiled.
  • If anyone reads this and wants to add it as a feature... It would be nice for the edibility section to include 'immature' options for edible parts. Immature flowers being buds, young leaves (like with Tilia americana), young stems as shoots, and immature fruits.
  • The reason I say this is that there are other plants with edible parts that grow to be too fibrous/toxic upon maturing, think poke, common milkweed, or fiddleheads. My thoughts are having that slight "immature" specificity could be clarifying so I'm not listing a plant part that's potentially poisonous or edible as only edible. Though that doesn't apply here (just bitterness), so I'm not too worried.

    • Changes 

    {
  "average_height_value": 90,
  "average_height_unit": "cm",
  "duration": [
    "perennial"
  ],
  "edible_part": [
    "tubers",
    "flowers",
    "stem",
    "leaves",
    "fruits"
  ],
  "flower_conspicuous": true,
  "flower_color": [
    "white"
  ],
  "leaf_retention": false,
  "foliage_color": [
    "green"
  ],
  "fruit_conspicuous": true,
  "fruit_color": [
    "green"
  ],
  "ground_humidity": 9,
  "soil_nutriments": 7,
  "light": 5,
  "ph_minimum": 5.5,
  "ph_maximum": 8.5,
  "scientific_name": "Sagittaria latifolia"
}