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Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast

PICKEREL WEED PICKEREL WEED
(Pontederia cordata)
PICKEREL WEED Food: Young washed leafstalks can be eaten raw in salads or boiled as a potherb. Fruits also contain a single solid seed that is edible raw or dried and ground like grain.
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