Edible Native Mixers (Mentha arvensis + Allium cernuum + Trifollium wormskioldii)

Plant Description: A charming collection of edible natives. Great for adding to a vegetable garden, food forest, or native habitat. All on the Portland Plant List and all entirely edible.  *CONSULT A PROFESSIONAL FOR MEDICAL USE. NEVER CONSUME PLANTS WITHOUT PROPER ID*

Mentha arvensis: A charming native perennial mint with a creeping rhizome. Prefers sunny and moist conditions, great for dense soil. The leaves have been made into tea to treat colds or aid digestion. Mint extracts and menthol-related chemicals are used in food, drinks, cough medicines, creams and cigarettes.

Allium cernuum: This plant is distinguished from most other native alliums by the fact that its flower stems crook sharply downward at the top just below the flower causing the flower umbel to nod. The droplet-shaped flowers are light lavender to pink, sometimes white, and appear June to July. The flowers turn upright and become papery as the capsules ripen. The bluish green grass-like leaves are shorter than the flower stem. Nodding onion is in leaf from February into October. The root system consists of elongated bulbs that often form clusters. Both the bulb and foliage have a typical onion-like scent. Plants will naturalize by self-seeding and bulb offsets in optimum growing conditions.

Trifollium wormskioldii: Springbank Clover is an evergreen mat forming native perennial clover with upright magenta flowers. Springbank clover is fasting growing and a nitrogen fixer. It's rhizomes have also been historically eaten and have a taste similar to green beans.