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Potentilla indica, known commonly as mock strawberry, Indian-strawberry, or snakeberry in North America, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. [1] It has ternate foliage and an aggregate accessory fruit , similar to the true strawberries of the Fragaria genus. [ 3 ]
The plants that the strawberry root weevil feeds on include strawberry, raspberry, rhododendron, grape, and peppermint and they have also been known to feed on grasses. Adults feed nocturnally on leaves and stems, leaving notches and causing slight damage, while the larvae cause significantly more damage by feeding on the roots and crowns of ...
Common Purslane. This annual succulent weed forms thick mats with fleshy leaves and small yellow flowers. It grows in a wide range of conditions, often appearing in gardens and disturbed soil.
It is an annual or short-lived perennial herb growing a hollow stem up to 70 centimeters (28 in) tall. The root system has a series of tuber-like parts at the base of the stem. The plant takes the form of a large tuft of onion-like rounded hollow leaves up to 30 centimeters (12 in) long. The inflorescence is a panicle with widely spaced flowers.
Like black currants, red currants aid the immune and respiratory systems and are rich in fiber. Recipes: Red Currant and Mint Jelly , Red Currant Clafoutis , Red Currant Yogurt Cakes 25.
The leaves are about 8 to 20 cm (3–8 in) long, smooth, toothed, [11] soft, and irregularly undulated. [12] The upper surface of the leaves is a darker green, and the bottom is a light green. [11] The leaves have a bitter and nauseating taste, which is imparted to extracts of the herb, and remains even after the leaves have been dried. [12]
Can be used like conventional chives: beans, peas, parsley: This is a wild cousin of onions and garlic Wild mustard: Brassicaceae: Grape vine, radish, non-mustard brassica, including cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli: Ladybugs: Traps various brassica pests, including aphids: Seeds and leaves are edible: beets
Cucumbers and squash can be used as living mulch, or green mulch, around tomato plants. The large leaves of these vining plants can help with soil moisture retention. [79] Turnips and rutabagas: Brassica rapa and Brassica napobrassica: Peas, [44] broccoli [32] Hairy vetch, peas [44] hedge mustard, knotweed: Turnips act as a trap crop for ...