Edible Plants as food for tortoises
The following list of plants is to be used as a guide for safely landscaping your pens and providing a better variety of weeds to feed. The edible landscaping plants may or may not be eaten/liked by your tortoise. Happy landscaping !!!
| Latin name | Common name/s | edible parts |
Links for further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abutilon hybridum |
Flowering Maple |
all | Edible Plants |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | all | Achillea millifolium |
| Aegopodium podagraria | bishop's goutweed; ground elder |
all | Aegopodium podagaria page |
| Agave sp. | Agave | leaves | Edible Plants |
| Alcea Rosea | Hollychock | all | Desert_tropicals.com |
| Alchemilla vulgaris | Lady's Mantle | all | Lary's Mantle |
| Aloe Vera | Aloe | all | aloe-vera.org/ |
| Amoracia rusticana | Horseraddish | leaves | The Plants Database |
| Anthriscus sylvestris | Cow parsley | all | habitas.org.uk/ |
| Apium graveolens | Celeriac | all | University of Florida |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | Tall oat grass | all | comm.ads.orst.edu/ |
| Bellis perennis | English Daisy | all | desert-tropicals.com |
| Buddleia spp. | Butterfly Bush | Nature Hills | |
| Calendula officinalis | Pot Marigold | all | Calendula officinalis |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepard's purse | all | cap_bur.jpg |
| Capsicum Annuum | Bell Pepper | fruits | biodiversity explorer |
| Cichorium intybus | Chicory | all | chicory.htm |
| Cirsium arvense | Canadian Thistle; Californian Thistle; Creeping Thistle |
all | The Nature Conservancy |
| Comfrey.. Symphtum officinale | Comfrey | all | Cedar Creek Nature Studies |
| Crepis biennis | Rough hawksbeard | all | Asteraceae |
| Cucumis sativus | Cucumber | all | FloriData |
| Cucurbita | Cucumber | all | |
| Cynara scolymus | Artichoke | all | Botanical.com |
| Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda Grass | all |
missouri.edu/ Edible Plants |
| Cynosurus cristatus | Crested dogtail | all |
Biodiversity Bioimages |
| Dactylis glomerata | Orchard grass | all | missouri.edu |
| Dahlia spec | Dahlia | all | |
| Daucus carota | Wild carrot | all |
purdue.edu Image |
| Echinacea purpurea / pallida / angustifolia | Echinacea/purple cone flower | all | Edible Plants |
| Eriocephalus africanus | all | ||
| Festuca arundinacea | Reed fescue | all | |
| Festuca pratensis | Meadow fescue | all | |
| Festuca rubra commutata | Chewings fescue | all | |
| Foeniclum vulgare | all | ||
| Fragaria veseca | European wood strawberry | all | |
| Galium verum | Yellow bedstraw | all | |
| Hemerocallis sp. | all | ||
| Hibiscus rosa-sinensis | Hibiscus | all | Edible Plants |
| Holcus lanatus | Velvet grass | all | |
| Ipomoea batatas | Sweet Potato | Leaves |
purdue.edu/ Edible Plants |
| Lamium Album | all | ||
| Leontodon hispidus | Rough hawkbit | all | |
| Lolium multiflorum | Italian ryegrass | all | |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial ryegrass | all | |
| Lotus corniculatus | Birdsfoot trefoil | all | |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife | all | Missouri.edu |
| Malva sylvestris | Hollyhock or mallow | all | Edible Plants |
| Medicago Lupulina | Black medick | all | |
| Morus spec. | all | ||
| Nasturtium officinale | Watercress | all | |
| Opuntia spec | Prickly Pear | all | Edible Plants |
| Papaver pavoninum | Peacock Poppy | all | |
| Petunia hybrida | Petunia | all | |
| Phleum pratense | Timothy | all | |
| Plantago lanceolota | English plantain | all | Edible Plants |
| Plantago major | Common plantain | all | |
| Plantago media | Hoary plantain | all | |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky bluegrass | all | |
| Portulaca Oleracea | Purslane | leaves and stems |
2bnthewild.com Edible Plants |
| Raphanus stivus | Daikon | leaves | |
| Ribes nigrum | Black Currant | all |
honeybee.helsinki.fi Herb61.htm |
| Rosa canina | Wild Rose | all | holistic-online.com/ |
| Rosa gallica | Domestic Rose | petals | |
| Rubus fruticosus | Blackberry | all |
botanical.com/ Edible Plants |
| Salvia offinicialis | Garden sage | all | Edible Plants |
| Salvia pratensis | Meadow sage | all | |
| Schlumbergera bridgesii | Xmas Cactus | all |
gardening.about.com cactus-succulents.com |
| Stellaria Media | Chickweed | all | Chickweed.htm |
| Taraxacum offinicialis | dandelion | all | Edible Plants |
| Tragopogon pratensis | Goat's beard | all | |
| Trifolium hybridum | Alsike clover | all | Trifolium_hybridum_ |
| Trifolium incarnatum | Crimson clover | all | plantsdatabase.com |
| Trifolium repens | White clover | all |
wildflowers.com/
trifolium repens |
| Tropaeolum majus | Nasturtium | all |
floridata.com Edible Plants |
| Urticaceae | Nettle | all | botany.hawaii.edu |
| Viola arvensis | Field pansy | all | vioar.htm |
| Viola tricolor | Johnny jump-up | all | msue.msu.edu |
| Vitis vinifera ... Vitis labrusca | Grapes | all |
scs.leeds.ac.uk Edible Plants |
| althea officinialis | Marsh Mallow | all | http://www.ibiblio.org |
| ficus carica | all | ||
| origanum vulgare | Oregano | all | plantsdatabase.com/ |
| rubusideus | Raspberry | all | |
| verbascum densiflorum | Mullien | all |
scs.leeds.ac.uk/ Verbascum densiflorum plants.usda.gov/ |
