Tasks / Eat Local
Find an edible plant that grows in the wilds of San Francisco. Enter as proof:
1. Type of plant (scientific name not required)
2. Location
3. Have other people been ingesting this plant?
Ingesting the plant is entirely optional and any side-effects of said ingestion are the sole responsibility of the ingestor. But if you do eat it, let us know what it tasted like.
1 to 2 players
25 points
Level 2
In the zone of: Biome
Created by Not Jeanine
5 completed :: 1 in progress
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In the wild of Land's End, in the dark heart of Golden Gate Park, and in hundred other locations, grows a strange, circular leaf. We call it: Miner's Lettuce. People who speak Latin, or wear Lab Coats call it: Claytonia Perfoliata It grows e...
Not a plant, a mushroom: Shaggy Mane, Coprinus comatus. Found in Golden gate park by a friend and delivered to me, reverently, in a paper bag. We identified it and I ate about 1/4 to prove it wasn't poisonous. We left the rest in the paper bag to e...
Well I like fruit and the only good one that I know know grows in the wild is the blackberry so there you go. It grows all over the city too! It can be found in Golden Gate park, Mount Davidson, and near Fort Funston (thank you Cameron) to name a few...
On the way home there is a patch of Nasturtiums (Tropaeolaceae Majus) growing in somebodies front yard. Shotwell and 20th to be precise. They must be perfect for the SF environment becuase you can find them all over town. I picked a few stems, le...
1) Plant is fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennel 2) Location is in the vicinity of San Pablo and University 3) Yes, Rachel, Vladypus and Vector were ingesting this plant...Oh!..other people..um..Egyptians, Romans and...
Great task! I'll certainly do this one more than once ^^