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Quickweed or Gallant Soldiers Plant: An Unsung Medicinal and Edible Rock Star in the Garden

Gallant Soldiers plant

“Sir Edward Salisbury, the director of Kew Gardens, tells how he found a gardener one day pulling out Galinsoga from his borders. He asked its name. The gardener replied, ‘I don’t rightly know, but I have heard it called Soldiers of the Queen.'” August 3, 1948 On this day, The Guardian posted a brief snippet about…

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