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RE: F90v1 - houndstongue? - Linda - 13-05-2026
One of those threads above mentioned brassicas, specifically rocket, as in arugula. That did not seem like a good identification to me, the leaves are totally different. Brassicas did cross my mind while considering houndstongue, but the one that came foremost to mind was dame's rocket, and I had thought the leaves too wide to consider it as looking like what was drawn. Now that i see this excellent description, i see that it does have some resemblance.
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![[Image: Dames-Rocket-basal-leaves-7.jpg]](https://foragerchef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Dames-Rocket-basal-leaves-7.jpg)
![[Image: damesrocketcalyxv.jpg]](https://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/generaljpegs/Seasons/local/damesrocketcalyxv.jpg)
I just found that last one, that just made it my favorite over houndstongue, as I found that calyx to be the most unbelievable part of the drawing until now.
The root is similar again, a little skinnier than the houndstongue. I think skinnier is a better match, that certainly would be a hungry animal.
I have been coveting it in real life for decades, never tasted for lack of close contact, but I do worry about its aggressiveness, it certainly took over great swaths beside the highways to the south of me, but i have seen none in my own area, i am a few zones down from the zones they are found in. . Perhaps it is aggressiveness (invasiveness) the root is trying to portray?
It is also praised for its edibility, the forager chef considers it the greatest green of all, wild or cultivated. It seems to me that invasive delicious nutritious food (with high vitamin c) might not be so bad a thing. If you eat the unopened flowers, that keeps the invasiveness totally in check.
![[Image: damesrocket-path-forest-f11-jun-fw.jpg?w=2048]](https://themeaningofwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/damesrocket-path-forest-f11-jun-fw.jpg?w=2048)
You could still collect the flowers at this stage to prevent propagation.