Blinks (water chickweed)
Montia fontana
leaf
Small tender leaves growing in cushions in springs and streams, tasting mild like watercress without the bite.
- Origin
- Europe and cold regions
- Where to find it
- In springs, seeps and cold trickles on acid soils, from the Vosges to the Massif Central and Brittany.
- Season (United States)
- March to October
- Preparation
- Always cooked: like wild watercress, it can carry the eggs of the liver fluke, a parasite.
- Did you know?
- It stays green in the cold water of springs, even in winter.