The image, above, shows the full white deadnettle plant(Lamium album), clearly showing the stem, leaves and
flowers..
| Common Name: White Deadnettle |
| Scientific Name: Lamium album |
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| Family: Lamiaceae |
| Range: Europe, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to Spain, the Himalayas and Japan. |
Physical Characteristics
Lamium album is a hardy Annual plant, growing to 30cm (1 ft) tall. It is hardy to zone 4 and is not frost tender. The plant flowers from April to August and seeds ripen from May to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by bees. The plant is self-fertile.
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| Edible Parts: Young Shoots, Leaves, Flowers |
 Edibility Rating: 2 
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 Known Hazards: None Known.
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Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Wild Food guide to White Deadnettle along with all the White Deadnettle 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 White Deadnettle as a major wild food ingredient.
White Deadnettle, Lamium album is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae (mint) family. It is native throughout Europe and western Asia, growing in a variety of habitats from open grassland to woodland, generally on moist, fertile soils. In the correct conditions this plant can grow to 1m tall and has green cubic stems that bear broad, triangular, softly hairy leaves with a rounded base and a serrated margin. These leaves are superficially similar to those of stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) but do not sting hence they are described as 'dead'. The flowers of this plant are white and are produced in whorls (known as verticillasters on the upper part of the stem.
The young shoots, leaves and flowers of this plant are edible and, once washed, can be simply cooked by adding to frying pan with a knob of butter some spring onions and plenty of seasoning. When sautéed for ten minutes they are ready to consume. Ideally finish with a twist of fresh nutmeg and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice before serving. The flavour is best when the plant is in flower as it can be very insipid when young. The plant can also be treated as a potherb. The flowers are edible and can be added to salads or used to garnish desserts.
[2]. Huxley, A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992
[3]. Tanaka, T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
[4]. Lim T.K. Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Vols 1–8.
[5]. Thomas, G. S. Perennial Garden Plants
[6]. Milner, E. Trees of Britain and Ireland
[7]. Rose, F. & O'Reilly, C. The Wild Flower Key (Revised Edition) – How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland
[8]. Streeter, D. & Garrard, I. The Wild Flowers of the British Isles
[9]. Clapham, A.R.; Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. Flora of the British Isles
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[11]. Jordan, P. & Wheeler, S. The Complete Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Edible Mushrooms
[12]. Bunker, F.; Brodie, J.A.; Maggs, C.A. & Bunker, A. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.
[13]. Facciola, S. Cornucopia — A Source Book of Edible Plants
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 White Deadnettle as a major wild food ingredient.
White Deadnettle, Lamium album is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae (mint) family. It is native throughout Europe and western Asia, growing in a variety of habitats from open grassland to woodland, generally on moist, fertile soils. In the correct conditions this plant can grow to 1m tall and has green cubic stems that bear broad, triangular, softly hairy leaves with a rounded base and a serrated margin. These leaves are superficially similar to those of stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) but do not sting hence they are described as 'dead'. The flowers of this plant are white and are produced in whorls (known as verticillasters on the upper part of the stem.
The young shoots, leaves and flowers of this plant are edible and, once washed, can be simply cooked by adding to frying pan with a knob of butter some spring onions and plenty of seasoning. When sautéed for ten minutes they are ready to consume. Ideally finish with a twist of fresh nutmeg and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice before serving. The flavour is best when the plant is in flower as it can be very insipid when young. The plant can also be treated as a potherb. The flowers are edible and can be added to salads or used to garnish desserts.
References:
[1]. David Evans Notes from field observations, tastings and cookery experiments.[2]. Huxley, A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992
[3]. Tanaka, T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
[4]. Lim T.K. Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Vols 1–8.
[5]. Thomas, G. S. Perennial Garden Plants
[6]. Milner, E. Trees of Britain and Ireland
[7]. Rose, F. & O'Reilly, C. The Wild Flower Key (Revised Edition) – How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland
[8]. Streeter, D. & Garrard, I. The Wild Flowers of the British Isles
[9]. Clapham, A.R.; Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. Flora of the British Isles
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[11]. Jordan, P. & Wheeler, S. The Complete Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Edible Mushrooms
[12]. Bunker, F.; Brodie, J.A.; Maggs, C.A. & Bunker, A. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.
[13]. Facciola, S. Cornucopia — A Source Book of Edible Plants
The alphabetical list of all White Deadnettle recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 1 recipes in total:
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