Ramsons (Allium ursinum)

Family

aka Wild Garlic, Broad-leaved Garlic

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Habitat: Deciduous woodlands

Taste: Mild Garlicky

Flowers: April-August

Culinary uses: Cooked chopped leaves for flavour additive and sauces.

Other info: Imparts strong odour and taste to milk if ingested by cows. 

Proverb: "Eate leekes in Lide, and ramsins in May, And all the yeare after physitians may play". 

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