Mayflower (Epigaea repens)

Family: Ericaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Pink, White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour, they are eaten as a wayside nibble or are added to salads. — Fragrant, with a spicy slightly acid flavour, they are eaten as a wayside nibble or are added to salads.; Thirst quenching.

Habitat & North American Range

Damp mossy banks in sandy and peaty woods and clearings, usually under pine trees. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)