| name (english) | name (german/other) | usable part | location | season | use (in gerneral) | effect | don't mistake it for ... | nutritive value | good to know |
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| bedstraw | Labkraut (dt.), gaillet (fr.), galium verum (lat.) | leaves, blossom, | | | | | | | |
| borage | Borretsch (dt.), borraja (esp.), bourrache officinale (fr.), borago officinalis (lat.) | whole plant | Asia minor, now everywhere temperate | | uncooked in salads, as tea or infusion | good against the nervous heart, and melancholia | | much | |
| common gypsyweed | Echter Ehrenpreis (dt.), veronica officinalis (lat.) | | | | | | | | |
| coughwort | Huflattich (dt.), pas-d'âne (fr.), tussilago farfara (lat.) | | | | dryed for tea | tea aids cough | | | |
| dandelion | Löwenzahn (dt.), pissenlit (fr.), taraxacum (lat.) | roots, leaves, flowers | almost everywhere, almost world-wide (especially northern hemisphere) | spring to autumn, usually blooms about 3 times per year | leaves and flowers for salad, smoothies | | | | very important for bees! help them by blowing a lot of blowballs!  |
| elder | Holunder (dt.), sureau (fr.), sambucus (lat.) | flower umbels, berries | | | flowers for tea, sirup, salad; berries for jam, sirup, kompott, cake, etc. | | | | |
| goldenrod | Goldrute (dt.), verge d'or (fr.), solidago(lat.) | blossom | | | | | | | |
| goosefoot (white), melde, fat-hen | weißer Gänsefuß (dt.), , cenizo (esp.), quinhuilla (esp.), chénopode blanc (fr.), Ansérine blanche (fr.), Chenopodium album (lat.) | leaves, seeds, buds | almost everywhere | when it's warm till October, buds in July, seeds in August | cooked leaves like spinach, seeds dried, cooked or sprouted, buds like salad | yummy and stuff | | | |
| goutweed | Giersch (dt.), égopode podagraire (fr.), aegopodium podagraria (lat.) | leaves, blossom | in shady, moist copses and forests; also close to creeks and rivers; almost all over Europe, northern America, northern Asia | | boiled like spinach; raw in salads, smoothies; dryed for tea (use older leaves), remove the stalks, they are bitter | | | potassium, vitamin c, carotene, iron | rabbits and guinea pigs love them, too. |
| mallow | Malve (dt.), mauve (fr.), malva (lat.) | blossom | | | dryed for tea, | tea aids cough | | | |
| mullein | Königskerze (dt.), molène (fr.), verbascum (lat.) | | | | | | | | |
| nettle | Brennnessel (dt.), ortie (fr.), urtica (lat.) | leaves, seeds, roots | almost everywhere, almost world-wide | march-august, seeds: early autumn | boiled like spinach; raw in salads, smoothies; dryed for tea; also as a fertilizer | | - | | if you want to pick them, put your fingers/fist around the stalk UNDER the stinging leaves (don't touch the top of them), and pull to the top (so the fine hairs with the venom break off); you can also tap on them properly before preparing |
| Braunelle (dt.), consuelda menor (esp.), Brunelle commun (fr.), Prunella Vulgaris (lat.) | | temperate climates, esp.:Europe, boreal Westasia, North America | | young leaves and stems uncooked as salads, whole plant cooked, as tea or infusion | heals ALL: Cancer, Aids, Diphteria, I'm serious | | vitamins A,C,K and more | |
| ribwort | Spitzwegerich (dt.), plantain lancéolé (fr.), plantago lanceolata (lat.) | leaves, blossom, seeds | | | dryed for tea, deoxidizes irritated skin | tea aids cough, | | | |
| sweet woodruff | Waldmeister (dt.), aspérule (fr.), galium odoratum (lat.) | leaves | most parts of Europe, also northern Asia, usually in the temperate and cooler zones | | syrup | tastes amazing, | lily of the valley (Maiglöckchen) | coumarin | sweet woodruff is slightly poisnons as it contains coumarin (~1,06% in dry weight); exceeding consumption is not recommended |
| waybread | Breitwegerich (dt.), grand plantain (fr.), plantago major (lat.) | leaves, blossom, seeds, | | | | | | | |
| wild fennel | wilder Fenchel (dt.) | leaves, blossoms | | | | | | | |
| wild garlic | Bärlauch (dt.), ail des ours (fr.), allium ursinum (lat.) | leaves | | | | | | | |
| yarrow | Schafgarbe (dt.), achillée millefeuille (fr.), achillea (lat.) | leaves | | | | | | | |
