ohiogoatgirl
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glechoma_hederacea
in a group I saw someone had called dead nettle, creeping Charlie. in the comments someone corrected them and that these two plants looks similar and luckily both are edible. (human edible based on the group it is in and not specified otherwise).
the wiki page says:
"Glechoma hederacea is known to contain terpenoids; terpene-rich volatile oils are known to irritate the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. The volatile oil also contains pulegone, a chemical also occurring in pennyroyal that is a known irritant, toxic to the liver, and also an abortifacient. The total yield of volatile oil in Glechoma is less than 1/30th the concentration that of pennyroyal."
luckily I recognized this as something that grows here and did not think it was the same as the dead nettle. so the rabbits have gotten some dead nettle but none of what I now know is creeping Charlie.
in a group I saw someone had called dead nettle, creeping Charlie. in the comments someone corrected them and that these two plants looks similar and luckily both are edible. (human edible based on the group it is in and not specified otherwise).
the wiki page says:
"Glechoma hederacea is known to contain terpenoids; terpene-rich volatile oils are known to irritate the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. The volatile oil also contains pulegone, a chemical also occurring in pennyroyal that is a known irritant, toxic to the liver, and also an abortifacient. The total yield of volatile oil in Glechoma is less than 1/30th the concentration that of pennyroyal."
luckily I recognized this as something that grows here and did not think it was the same as the dead nettle. so the rabbits have gotten some dead nettle but none of what I now know is creeping Charlie.
