Edible Plants

 

Abutilon

Aeonium

Agave (leaves, flowers)

Albuca

Alfalfa

Alyssum, Sweet

Arizona Fescue

Arugula

Aster

Astilbe

 

Baby's Tears

Banana (leaves, fruit) - feed fruit sparingly as high potassium binds with calcium, preventing absorption.

Barley

Beans - feed sparingly as they are high in phosphates, which bind calcium, preventing absorption.

Beets

Bermuda Grass

Bluestem, Big and Little

Bindweed

Birdfoot Trefoil

Bird's Nest Fern

Bittercress

Black Mustard (entire plant)

Blue Grama

Blue Grass - Annual

Boston Fern

Bottlebrush

Bougainvillea

Bridal Veil

Bromeliads

Buckwheat

Buffalo Grass

Bugleweed (leaves, flowers)

Butterfly Bush

 

Carnations - pinks (flowers)

Carrots/tops - Very good food source, high fiber and high in nutrients.

Cat's Ears

Chickweed (flowers)

Chicory (flowers, leaves, root)

Chinese Lantern (flowers)

Cinnamon Fern

Clover

Coleus

Collards -  Feed sparingly, cabbage family causes goiters.

Common Greenbrier

Coneflower - purple

Coreopsis (leaves, flowers)

Cornflower (leaves, flowers)

Cotyledon orbiculata

Crabgrass

Creeping Bell (flower)

Creeping Red Fescue

 

Dahlia (flower)

Dandelion (leaves, flower)

Day Lilies (flowers)

Desert Rose

Dichondra

 

Echinacea (leaves, flowers)

Echeveria

Endive

English Daisy

Escarole

Evening Primrose

 

Fescue - Tall, Blue

Ficus (leaves)

Field Mustard (entire plant)

Fig Tree (leaves, fruit) - Fruit should not be given to tortoises as they cannot metabolize the sugar, causing diarrhea. 

Filago - California

Filaree

Forsythia

Fuschia

 

Gazania (leaves)

Geranium (Carolina Cranesbill) - Pelargonium sp. (flowers, leaves)

Globe Mallow (flowers, leaves)

Goosegrass

Gourd - all members of this family, i.e. pumpkin, zucchini, squash, etc. - These foods contain a natural chemical that is toxic to internal parasites.  Using it as a treat every few months prevents any need for worming.

Grape (leaves, fruit) - Fruit should not be given to tortoises as they can't metabolize the sugar, causing diarrhea.  Also a calcium binder.

Guava Tree (leaves)

 

Hawkbits

Hawk's Beards

Heather

Henbit (leaves, flowers)

Hens and Chicks

Hibiscus - tropical, Chinese (leaves, flowers) - Blue Hibiscus (flowers)

Hollyhock (leaves, flowers)

Honeysuckle (leaves, flowers)

Hosta (leaves, flowers)

 

Ice Plant

Impatiens

Indian Ricegrass

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

 

Johnny-Jump-Up (flowers)

 

Kale - Feed sparingly, cabbage family causes goiters

 

Lawn Fescue

London Rocket or Tunble Mustard (leaves)

 

Mallow

Maple (leaves) - High sugar content so feed sparingly.

Mesquite (leaves)

Mimosa

Mulberry (leaves)

Mustard Greens

Nasturtium (flowers, leaves)

 

Oats Grass

Orchard Grass

Ostrich Fern

 

Pansies (flowers)

Pea, Green Bean - NOT sweetpea (leaves, pods) - Feed sparingly, legumes are calcium binders.

Pepper Grass

Persimmon

Petunia (leaves and flowers)

Phlox

Pigweed

Pinks (petals)

Plantain (weed)

Poppy - California

Poppy - Welsh

Portulaca

Prickly Pear

Primrose

Purslane

 

Raspberry (leaves, fruit)

Romaine lettuce - Contains natural enzymes that work as an antibacterial agent, sterilizing the animals' digestive system.   Also high in nitrogen, which improves metabolization of vitamins and minerals (occasional use - biweekly at most).

Rose (flowers)

 

Sea Grape

Sedum

Sheep Fescue

Shepard's Purse

Sowthistle

Spider Plant (leaves)

Spiderwort

Squash (flowers)

St. Augustine Grass

Strawberries - wild and domestic

Sunflowers

Swedish Ivy

Swiss Chard

 

Tea Tree

Timothy Grass

Tree Fern

Trefoil

Tumbleweed

Turnip Greens

 

Vetch - bush, common, tufted

Violets - NOT African violets

 

Wandering Jew (leaves)

Watercress

Western Wheatgrass

Wheat

Wintercress

Whispering Bells

Willow

 

Yarrow

Yucca

 

Zinnia