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aninocentangel · June 30, 2009

I recognized it from *years* of walking the fields in SO WI pulling it. You'll want to get to it before the pods turn brown, they can get sharp and leave you some nice scratches if you're not careful. My mom used to use the dried stalks with seed pods for interest in flower arrangements.
I wouldn't eat them, the pods and stems are slimy and woody like old okra even when young. The velvetleaf that grows down here in SC seems to be drier but woodier, but there doesn't seem to be as much of it.

June 30, 2009	#7
aninocentangel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 8a Coastal SC Posts: 251	I recognized it from years of walking the fields in SO WI pulling it. You'll want to get to it before the pods turn brown, they can get sharp and leave you some nice scratches if you're not careful. My mom used to use the dried stalks with seed pods for interest in flower arrangements. I wouldn't eat them, the pods and stems are slimy and woody like old okra even when young. The velvetleaf that grows down here in SC seems to be drier but woodier, but there doesn't seem to be as much of it.