Edible plant and weeds list for tortoises

Dandelion, stalks are diuretics so offer the stalks rarely if ever. The leaves and flowers are fine.

Smooth Cats Ear

Sheppard’s purse

Plantain

CAMPANULA: EDIBLE

lavatera You can also take cuttings from the plants and get them to grow roots if left standing in a jar of water in a windowsill for a few weeks.

Black Merdick

Milk Thistle

Hebe

Fuschia

Sow thistle

yarrow

Sweet Violet

Snap dragon flowers, they can eat the whole thing stem included.

Brixley ox tongue

Trefoil

Hedge Mustard

Pansy

Petunia

Mimulas

Jack by the hedge

Greater plantain

Slender plantain

Ribwort plantain

Vetch

Sedum stonecrop' is toxic

<sedum acre 'biting

speedwell

pyramidal Bugle

Mallow leaves

Bitter cress

Garlic mustard (jack by the hedge)

Aubritia

speedwell

Hosta

Coleus or flame nettle

Aloe Vera Arista

Nipple wart

nasturtium

pulmonaria

Common Chickweed

habiscus syriacus

Buddleia flowers

Aubretia

Bitter Cress

Cuckoo Flower

l

cransbil hedge cransbil

Dead Nettle: (Dead nettles have a square shaped stem) Dead nettles look like stinging nettles but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sting and have either white or purple flowers Dead Nettle

Garlic Mustard

Goats Beard

Hedge Mustard

Forget me knots

Herb Robert

Hibiscus

Honeysuckle - flowers

Mimulas

Mulberry leaves

Rose (flowers....make sure no systemic pesticides were used) Roses leaves act as a diuretic so offer on the occasion if at all, flowers are fine.

Self Heal

Sticky Bud (cleavers) contains Glycosides so feed sparingly

Viola

hawkbits

Henbit

Chrysanthemum flowers

Cornflowers Plagiobothrys ssp

Forsythia (flowers and leaves)

Dayflower Commelina Diffusa (flowers and leaves)

Pereskiopsis... love the leaves

Opuntia cactus...Elata is good as it doesn't have too many spines

Opuntia subulata is good one too as it has little soft leaves ideal for smaller torts Aloe aristata...Not quite so juicy as aloe vera,

aloe vera in small quantities

agave but be careful of the sharp sides and spike to the leaf

Echeveria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echeveria

Indica Pads,

Robusta Pads (optunia)

Stenpatala

Prickly pear flowers, fruit and pads (burn the spines off)