Spiderwort aka Widow's Tears aka Cow Slobber (Tradescantia) is an edible but very slimy plant due to its high concentration of mucilage. This slime loves to grab onto sugar in your digestive tract and hold it tightly, preventing the sugar from moving into your blood stream. This weed is found all over the world, has a round stem with alternating leaves, and the leaves have a parallel vein structure. The flowers have three petals and six stamen. The cut stalk will ooze lots of slime. Puree the pl