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Table 1 List of taxa found in the wild vegetable mixes in Dalmatia in 2012

From: Wild vegetable mixes sold in the markets of Dalmatia (southern Croatia)

Family

Botanical species

Folk names recorded

No. of stalls which sell it N = 68

Markets

Voucher specimen no. (preceded by WA0000028)

Alliaceae

Allium ampeloprasum L.

divlji luk, also: zečji luk, divlji poriluk, lukenj, lukovac, divlji poruk, lukovica

47

all but P, C

245

 

Allium ascalonicum L.*

ljutika domaća, ljutika

2

M

-

 

Allium porrum L.*

poriluk

3

O, T, Z

-

Amaranthaceae

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris L. [cultivated]*

blitva

47**

all but P, C

248, 255, 283

 

Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Moq. (syn. B. maritima L.) [wild]

divlja blitva

1

T

-

 

Spinacia oleracea L.*

špinat, špinjak, mličenjak

4

B, D, Z

-

Apiaceae

Daucus carota L. [wild, only shoots]

divlja mrkva, divlja mrkvica

13

B, D, M, SS, Z

281, 295

 

Eryngium campestre L.

brmbeč, brmbečica, sikavac

2

B, Z

290

 

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

komorač, koromač, kumurač, morač, moroč, morača

43**

all but P, C

322

 

Levisticum officinale L.

divlji selen

1

D

324

 

Pimpinella peregrina L. (?)

vrati muž

1

D

282

 

Smyrnium olusatrum L.

vrati muž, lesandra, divlja selen

1

D

284

 

Apiaceae, not identified (not Daucus)

divlja mrkva

4

D, Z

287, 311

Asparagaceae

Asparagus acutifolius L.

šparoga

1**

D

250

Asteraceae

Cichorium intybus L.

žutenica domaća

3**

C, M

-

 

Lactuca serriola L.

divlja salata

5

O, V, SS, Z

268, 307

 

Picris echioides L. (mainly) and Urospermum picroides F.W.Schmidt

P. echioides (western Dalmatia): prelipača, lipovica, lipovic, lipovac, krasavica; both species (eastern Dalmatia): hrastej, rastej, pakolič, pakoleč, parotina

27

B, C, D, Z

278, 292, 312

 

Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth. (?)

slačka

1

M

259

 

Scorzonera laciniata L.

kozja brada

9

O, SS, V

269, 296

 

Scorzonera villosa Scop. (?)

kozja brada, turutva

1

SS

-

 

several Cichorioidae species, mainly Crepis spp. but also Taraxacum sp., Leontodon spp. and related genera

žutenica, žutanica, žutinica, žućenica, radič, radić

14**

D, O, T, S, SS

252, 256, 262, 266, 272,279, 285, 291, 297, 304, 308, 314, 320

 

Sonchus spp. (mainly S. oleraceus L. but probably all the local taxa from the genus are eaten)

kostriš, kostrič, čevčeg, sušak, mišnjak, mličnjak, svinjak, četveg

54

all

246, 271, 305, 313

 

Taraxacum sp.

maslačak

10**

O, T, V, SS, Z

258, 265, 277, 303

 

Tragopogon sp.

kozja brada

1

V

-

 

Asteraceae – unidentified, not Tragopogon and not Scorzonera

kozja brada

5

O, S, SS

302

Boraginaceae

Borago officinalis L.

borač

1

Z

-

Brassicaceae

Brassica oleracaea L. young leaves*

cimule, cimulice, kupus, kapusac

7

M, O, V, SS, Z

253, 257, 273

 

Brassica oleracea L. Italica Group*

brokula, brokolica

2

SS, V

-

 

Brassica oleracea L. ssp. bullata DC.*

kelj

1

V

-

 

Brassica rapa L. [whole young plants with small roots]*

rodakva (r. domača)

3

SS

264, 309

 

Brassicaceae (?), unidentified;

divlja repa

1

Z

-

 

Nasturtium officinale L. (?) [this folk name is usually applied to Diplotaxis sp. in Dubrovnik]

divlja rikula

1

D

280

Caryophyllaceae

Silene latifolia Poir.

ušac, ušak, zečje uši, loboda

9

B, S, Z

247, 254, 298, 321

Dioscoreaceae

Tamus communis L.

bljušt, kuka

1**

O

299

Fabaceae

Vicia faba L.*

bob

1

C

-

Geraniaceae

Erodium cicutarium (L.) Ľ Hér.

vranja noga, iglica

3

SS

263

Lamiaceae

Lamium amplexicaule L.

no folk name given by seller

1

B

-

 

Melissa officinalis L.*

matičnjak

1

B

-

Papaveraceae

Papaver rhoeas L. s.l. (including P. strigosum (Boenn.) Schur)

mak

28

B, D, O, M, P, SS, T, V, Z

293

Polygonaceae

Rumex sp.

štavljak

2

Z

275, 288

Ranunculaceae

Ranunculus cf neapolitanus Ten.

stopica, vučja stopica, medvjeđa šapa

3

Z

267, 289, 294

 

Ranunculus sp.(?)

divlji selen

1

D

286

Valerianaceae

Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterrade*

matovilac

1

T

-

Unidentified taxa

 

berberuša

1

Z

249

  

divlja salatina

1

V

251

  

prči guzica

2

M

261

  

salatuš

1

Z

274

  

slično

1

D

317

  

špinat divlji

1

S

319

  

tušica

1

T

306

  

divlji grašak

1

D

-

  1. (?) uncertain identification based on small sterile specimens.
  2. B - Biograd, C - Cavtat, D – Dubrovnik (2 markets), M - Makarska, O - Omiš, P - Ploče, T – Trogir, V - Vodice, S - Split, SS – Šibenik, Z – Zadar; * - a cultivated taxon; ** - commonly sold separately in most of the studied markets.