Beaked hawksbeard
Crepis vesicaria
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Bitter rosettes picked in winter, boiled and served with olive oil and lemon, among the Greek horta.
- Origin
- Greece and the Mediterranean
- Where to find it
- All over Greece, in olive groves and fallow land, and in winter on the stalls of Athens' neighborhood markets, in bunches with the other wild greens.
- Season (United States)
- November to March
- Preparation
- The rosettes are cut off at the root, washed in several changes of water and boiled for about ten minutes.
- Did you know?
- Greeks gather dozens of different wild plants for their horta.