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Background  Dalmatia is an interesting place to study the use of wild greens as it lies at the intersection of influence of Slavs, who do not usually use many species of wild greens, and Mediterranean culinary culture, where the use of multiple wild greens is common. The aim of the study was to document the mixtures of wild green vegetables which are sold in all the vegetable markets of Dalmatia.    Methods  All vendors (68) in all 11 major markets of the Dalmatian coast were interviewed. The piles of wild vegetables they sold were searched and herbarium specimens taken from them.    Results  The mean number of species in the mix was 5.7. The most commonly sold wild plants are:  Sonchus oleraceus  L.,  Allium ampeloprasum  L.,  Foeniculum vulgare  Mill.,  Urospermum picroides  F.W.Schmidt,  Papaver rhoeas  L.,  Daucus carota  L.,  Taraxacum  sp.,  Picris echioides  L.,  Silene latifolia  Poir. and  Crepis  spp. Also the cultivated beet ( Beta vulgaris  L.) and a few cultivated Brassicaceae varieties are frequent components. Wild vegetables from the mix are usually boiled for 20–30 minutes and dressed with olive oil and salt. Altogether at least 37 wild taxa and 13 cultivated taxa were recorded.  Apart from the mixes,  Asparagus acutifolius  L. and  Tamus communis  L. shoots are sold in separate bunches (they are usually eaten with eggs), as well as some Asteraceae species, the latter are eaten raw or briefly boiled.    Conclusions  The rich tradition of eating many wild greens may result both from strong Venetian and Greek influences and the necessity of using all food resources available in the barren, infertile land in the past. Although the number of wild-collected green vegetables is impressive we hypothesize that it may have decreased over the years, and that further in-depth local ethnobotanical studies are needed in Dalmatia to record the disappearing knowledge of edible plants.

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