Crowfoot (Coronopus squamatus)

Family: Brassicaceae or Cruciferae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch. is now recorded as synonym of Lepidium coronopus (L.) Al-Shehbaz.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves - raw or cooked. Nauseously acrid and foetid, requiring much boiling to render them edible. Root - cooked. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; Nauseously acrid and foetid, requiring much boiling to render them edible.

Habitat & North American Range

Sands, mainly maritime, gravels and fields. Plants are found especially on trampled ground such as by gateways. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)