• PlaidBaron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Fun fact.

    Wild carrot looks a lot like poison hemlock. Wild carrots are edible. Poison hemlock will kill you.

    Nature is mean sometimes.

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      1 year ago

      Personally, I don’t see much resemblance at all between Queen Anne’s Lace and Poison Hemlock. They both have white umbrella flowers, but the flowers are not much alike and the foliage is entirely different.

      Now, Wild Chervil and Poison Hemlock, on the other hand…

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        1 year ago

        If you spend time with plants, yeah they arent that similar. But its an easy mistake for people with few plant ID skills to make hence the copious warnings in plant ID resources.

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          Still… If you foraging for wild carrots, best case scenario you get a disappointing carrot, worst case, you die 🤷‍♀️

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            1 year ago

            Yeah, I do not see the appeal at all. Unless something with a deadly lookalike is incredibly delicious, I don’t see any value in foraging it.

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      1 year ago

      Look for the little drop of blood in the center, safe.

      Hemlock on the other hand is taller (~1m), with a woody stock, and the lace is spread out. Try not to rub it all over you and don’t eat it.