Scottish Wildflowers

[Paul Henry]

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ThistleDown - that plant, based on your photo, looks like our Milk Weed. They grow pods shaped like bagpipe bags and when burst open they fly on the breeze.

I don't think it's the same thing,it's also known as ransoms, (Alium ursinum) wonderful leaves , cooked with butter and pasta, and when disturbed in the open a very strong garlic smell, and spreads like a weed over here!

[Bugbear]

I don't think it's the same thing,it's also known as ransoms, (Alium ursinum) wonderful leaves , cooked with butter and pasta, and when disturbed in the open a very strong garlic smell, and spreads like a weed over here!

I looked it up, and it may be a bit of a pun by ThistleDown, as well. Here's a Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsons

[ThistleDown]

I don't think it's the same thing,it's also known as ransoms, (Alium ursinum) wonderful leaves , cooked with butter and pasta, and when disturbed in the open a very strong garlic smell, and spreads like a weed over here!

That would be raMsons, Paulhenry. There's a tucked-away field on the banks of the Tay near Wormit in Fife where it's an absolute pleasure to shuffle along in contemplation in early summer. And then to collect leaves for your tea I wilt it with a toss of hot butter, but with pasta sounds great. The roots are good gently roasted, too.