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NAME: Mouse-Ear Chickweed

SPECIES / FAMILY:  Cerastium Semidecandrum / Caryophyllaceae

COMMON NAME(S): Five Stamen Shickweed, Fuzzy Chickweed, Hairy Chickweed

CONDITIONS: cool-cold weather, sun-shade, moist

 

PARTS:	EDIBLE	TASTE	RAW/COOK	SEASON
All
Shoots
Leaves		bitter/sour	DRY/COOK	Fall-Spring
Buds/Flowers		bitter/sour	DRY/COOK	Fall-Spring
Fruits
Roots
Seeds		bitter/sour	DRY/COOK	Fall-Spring
Nuts
Pods
Stalk		bitter/sour	DRY/COOK	Fall-Spring
Bark

PORTION: small-medium

COMMENT: Some people like the taste better than common chickweed. Best to forage before it flowers. // Only the Mouse-ear chickweed has to be cooked.(2) 

CAUTION: It does hold nitrates and people with allergies to daisies might want to pass it by." (2)

NUTRITION/MEDICINAL: 

LOOK-A-LIKES:  http://www.wildfoodies.org/Chickweed.htm

POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES:  Scarlett Pimpernel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagallis_arvensis

OTHER USES: 

SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):

1. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cerastium+semidecandrum

2. http://www.eattheweeds.com/chickweed-connoisseurs-2

3. https://gettinfreshblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/delicious-mouse-ear-chickweed 

4. https://www.backyardnature.net/n/h/mouseear.htm