Cold-Weather Foraging for Hardy Henbit Greens

Reader Contribution by Leda Meredith
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Growing on at least three continents and available to forage even when there’s snow on the ground, henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) and other plants in the Lamium genus are a too-often ignored wild winter food.

How to Recognize Henbit and Other Edible Lamiums

All Lamiums are in the mint family, and like other members of the Lamiaceae have square stems (roll a stem between your forefinger and thumb and you’ll feel the four distinct sides) and opposite leaves (the leaves attach to the stem in aligned pairs).

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