Rosebay Willowherb,
Epilobium
angustifolium
flowers..
Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Edible Flowers guide to Rosebay Willowherb along with all the Rosebay Willowherb containing recipes presented on this site, with 1 recipes in total.
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain Rosebay Willowherb as a major edible flower.
Rosebay Willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium, (also known as Fireweed) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Onagraceae (Willowherb) family. This is a common plant on acidic soils in open fields and moorland. It's alternate name of 'Fireweed' derives from the species' abundance as a coloniser on burnt sites after forest fires (indeed, the seeds need to be heated to germinate properly). The plant has erect stems some 50cm to 2.5m in height with lanceolate and pinnately-veined leaves arranged in spirals up the stem. The flowers form a radially-symmetrical spike at the top of the plant and each flower is pink in hue and has four pink petals. These mature to a seed capsue that contains a number of minute brown seeds with silky hairs that aid their dispersal on the wind. The plant is a native of Europe, temperate Asia and North America.
All parts of the plant (except the seeds) are edible and the leaves and young shoot tips can be eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable. The young shoots make an excellent asparagus substitute if peeled and gently boiled. The flower stalks can also be cooked and used as a vegetable. They are also useful in salads if added when the flowers are still in bud. The dried leaves can be made into a tea (this is called kaporie tea in Russia) and they are sometimes used as an adulterant in China tea. Be careful if using older leaves as some reports indicate that they might act as a soporific (ie they stupefy a person).
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain Rosebay Willowherb as a major edible flower.
Rosebay Willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium, (also known as Fireweed) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Onagraceae (Willowherb) family. This is a common plant on acidic soils in open fields and moorland. It's alternate name of 'Fireweed' derives from the species' abundance as a coloniser on burnt sites after forest fires (indeed, the seeds need to be heated to germinate properly). The plant has erect stems some 50cm to 2.5m in height with lanceolate and pinnately-veined leaves arranged in spirals up the stem. The flowers form a radially-symmetrical spike at the top of the plant and each flower is pink in hue and has four pink petals. These mature to a seed capsue that contains a number of minute brown seeds with silky hairs that aid their dispersal on the wind. The plant is a native of Europe, temperate Asia and North America.
All parts of the plant (except the seeds) are edible and the leaves and young shoot tips can be eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable. The young shoots make an excellent asparagus substitute if peeled and gently boiled. The flower stalks can also be cooked and used as a vegetable. They are also useful in salads if added when the flowers are still in bud. The dried leaves can be made into a tea (this is called kaporie tea in Russia) and they are sometimes used as an adulterant in China tea. Be careful if using older leaves as some reports indicate that they might act as a soporific (ie they stupefy a person).
The alphabetical list of all recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 1 recipes in total:
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| Rosebay Willowherb Jelly Origin: American |
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