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Whitetop mustard bud clusters

May 23, 2013 By Erica M. Davis 4 Comments

I’d been meaning to try eating whitetop, aka hoary cress (Cardaria spp., Lepidium draba or related Lepidium sp.)—an invasive plant targeted for eradication in many parts of the West. It saddens me to see whitetop taking over entire fields; I always wonder what plants might grow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, high altitude, May, spring Tagged With: Colorado, foraging, hoary cres, invasive, recipes, Rocky Mountains, whitetop

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