Ramsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ramsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ramsons (Allium ursinum) (also known as buckrams, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic or bear's garlic) is a wild relative ofchives. The Latin name is due to the brown bear's taste for the bulbs and its habit of digging up the ground to get at them; they are also a favorite of wild boar.

Ramsons leaves are edible; they can be used as salad, spice,^[2] boiled as a vegetable,^[3] in soup, or as an ingredient for pesto in lieu of basil. The stems are preserved by salting and eaten as a salad in Russia. The bulbs and flowers are also very tasty.