Łódź, Czerwona

It is native to the western part of the Mediterranean Basin in Europe and Northern Africa and is widely naturalized throughout most of the world. Edible plant - young leaves and shoots raw or cooked, a somewhat hot flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in salads or cooked as a potherb; seeds ground into a powder and used as a gruel or as a mustard-like flavouring in soups. Herbal plant - the leaves and flowers are antiscorbutic and astringent.