A more detailed look at... Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

[@retribution999]

I wish all wild plant identification guides were this good!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks :)

[@Offgridkayaking]

You are definitely the best plant identifier on you tube. The detail you go into is so helpful. Thank you

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😊

[@dorie991]

Thank you so much for this detailed Common Hogweed identification video. I have come to love your videos because they are so super informative! and easy to follow. I am new to foraging for food & medicine.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😊

[@proverialka_ya]

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[@christophersmith7714]

Super helpful and so detailed. No one else even comes close to your descriptions. Excellent work. Lewis, you need to make a book! It would be an essential for foragers.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. One day I will. It’s difficult finding the time at the moment

[@michaelgood4760]

Would you possibly do a side to side comparison with giant hogweed?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

I actually haven't found giant hogweed in my area for quite a while, I will if I find some though

[@AndreaDingbatt]

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[@3tonesthetruth962]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This has been on my "I want to try that so much, but not 100% certain on identification, so won't touch it" list. I couldn't be sure I wasn't confusing it with cow parsley or giant hw. Your video was fantastic. I will take my phone out to my local park this evening and rewatch your video with the possible plant in situ. Again, thank you so much. You really read my mind, helping me with of one of my main 'must learn plants'. 👏👍 Now to figure out those Alexander's.... 🧐🤔

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You're welcome. Did you have any luck identifying it?

[@3tonesthetruth962]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS I think so (I didn't eat it as still making sure). I live next to a community owned park, and we are slowly reclaiming it from wild wasteland. I go out during my exercise time and pull up raspberry and bramble canes that are heading onto a path, pull up rosebay willow herb that is out of control, pick up rubbish from last 30 years, and try to identify plants. I pulled up (wearing gloves) a likely hogweed candidate in an area I'm clearing. Toothed 3 lobe leaf, check. Downy covering over all surfaces, check. Groove on purple green stem, check. Shroud on base of stalk, check. No red anywhere, check. Smell kinda like parsley- fresh green smell. Maximum of 18 inches high in late May in Scottish Highlands, not likely giant hogweed. Same height as rosebay. Need to cut stem in half to check for irregular holes. I'm almost certain it's hogweed, but as it is an umbellifer, I will make 100% sure before even thinking of trying to eat it. Do you have an Instagram or Facebook group page? I'm on a plant id group on facebook as I don't know any foragers in my area, but umbellifers are everyone's worry. Wish there was a way tour viewers could take you on walks with us virtually!

[@Cronezonetarot]

Thank you. I learn so much from your videos.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@bunnyserenaf]

I picked some today. Yum! I love the buds and shoots!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

One of my favourite wild edibles 😁

[@evehelbarde756]

Thank you! Very nice and clear!

[@IsADasign]

I wish I subscribed to you years ago. For years I watched a lot of bushcrafters and every video was almost always the same. Got bored with most of them eventually and didn't view any for a year or two now I'm here.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you that's nice to hear. You couldn't have subscribed years ago though, I only started in September last year hah 😉

[@mitchdafish3025]

Fantastic, as always, thank you.

[@GreencampRhodie]

Excellent & vital video.

[@rosalindbeall3723]

Thank you so much for this excellent, detailed video! It was very clear and easy to understand. Subscribed!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@Erinba]

I got blisters after touching this any advice? Do I have the phytophotodermatotis?

[@michaelgood4760]

Hi! Love your content! Really fantastic in-depth guides. Just wondering - do all common hogweed plants have a groove in the petiole? And is this a distinguishing characteristic from giant hogweed? Many thanks, Michael

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Yes common hogweed does always have a channel on the up facing surface of the petiole. Giant hogweed doesn't have a channel but it can be slightly ridged

[@Grahamgusbull]

When I was a kid in the forties/fifties,this or something like it was the “peashooter” plant,which we cut the stems to length and blew hawthorn berries through. I don’t remember anyone suffering blistering etc?

[@WyeExplorer]

I've often got these mixed up with Cow Parsley, which I believe is edible to. Thanks for the clarification. Mark

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes it is but very similar looking to poison hemlock

[@jezwc]

Another great video, thank you

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@nomadnomad9109]

Thanks for that I was wondering the difference I've had the young shoots and that's good to know about giant hog weed thank you

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You're welcome 😁

[@aabbushcraft]

Another fantastic video 👍👍👍👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@ThePostalGril]

wow i've got TONS of this stuff on my back garden, never knew what it was, just pops up and takes over the hedges. too scared to eat it though incase im wrong, im pretty sure its the same. the leaves feel like velvet, reddish tinge to the stems (no spots), hairy. the main stem is hollow, the shoots where the leaves are, there's like stringy bits inside if i snap it in half it's quite stringy. has a channel, rounded. it's this right? its growing with loads of nettles and other stuff and i dont see any flowers though

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes those stringy bits are called vascular bundles. It sounds good but obviously I won't say 100% without seeing it myself

[@ThePostalGril]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS nice. is it just too late to eat this time of year? i don't see any of those brocolli bits or unopened leave shoots. or should i just be cutting them back and waiting for new ones? honestly my back garden is CARPETTED in them lol, they're basically the back garden's fence creating a barrier between my garden and next door's driveway, behind the weed are nettles and hawthorn bushes. never knew i was living on a food goldmine xD

[@michellesovereign4564]

You'd be better off eating the nettles. Most nutritious plant in the world. More iron than spinach. People ate them loads during the war. They are prized in some parts of the world. Make a healthy tea too.

[@DailyQuiet]

Wonderful, thank you 🌻

[@marcin.b.3355]

Nice videos and huge knowledge :) people nowadays dont apreciate what nature gives. Do you organise any group meetings ?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😁. Very true, we have everything we need growing all around us. I don't do group meetings yet but I'll hopefully start running foraging course in a year or so

[@marcin.b.3355]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS Great:) I'm looking forward.

[@bazza1carter]

A good clear ident.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@edm3784]

Really useful thanks - hogweed is delicious!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes I love it too 😁

[@Eueueyw]

Am I right in saying that giant hogweed would be edible when cooked? If it contains the same furanocoumarins as common hogweed, just at a much higher concentration, I’d assume they’d also be broken down in the same way. The only issue I guess is the danger of actually collecting it.

[@jonbaldwin]

From what I've read I think the answer is "probably". But a risk not worth taking when common hogweed is better understood and, well, common!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

I'm not sure, but as Jon says there's so much common hogweed about there's no need to really.

[@PaulineRaabe_]

Why is he touching it?

[@rollingnome]

Would love a video comparing hemlock to hemlock water dropwort.

[@annrenee3265]

Water dropwort is deadly

[@daneenmurf1043]

​@@annrenee3265If a flood washes the roots onto a field they dry out and become palatable to cattle. They are fatal and its not a pleasant death

[@loggiyt1641]

when i was a little kid i was running outside and i dont know if it was common hog weed but it was like that same structure plant and stuff so i was running and i came across a bush and i collided with that plant and i stood there for a second looking at that plants stemm and flower then i screamed and ran back home and since that day i have been scared of common hog weed giant hog weed and other similar plants i cant go near them without gettin scared and goose bumbs

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[@notyou6674]

i don't know what its like in uk, but where i live touching furry leaves to identify them is a one way ticket to hell...

[@geraldhills41]

So prevalent in Norfolk !

[@adeshwodan4679]

Show me the flower !!!!!

[@kianalamarche9418]

I thought all of it was toxic I guess is other plants Including gaint hogweed and i also done lots of research on gaint hogweed and gave lots of warnings when I found out it was very dangerous

[@Fortress333]

I wish I could like this plant. There are many of them growing in the food forest I'm managing. When they grow near paths and topple over, I have to cut them down. I got various nasty blisters on my arms and hands. The trouble is the plant juice, when coming into contact with sunlight, gives me serious blisters and such. It was worst when I used a brush cutter. Never again. I leave the plant alone when the specimens are not close to paths. They do attract lots of pollinating insects and I have learned the local beavers like to snack on them. I'm not sure I can touch the plant and be safe, so I just stay well clear now. They are definitely the common/native species. I know the differences well. There is zero chance I'm eating this plant if it gives me these serious skin issues. Are only some people affected, do you know? Thank you if you find the time to answer my question, or someone else.

[@guitarnotator]

Good video, but I've seen quite a few youTubers say, Don't touch it in its raw state because it still has a mild photo toxic sap.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks. This is kind of true, in that it’s sap is mildly photo toxic. So maybe people with sensitive skin could get a reaction. But it’s nothing compared to giant hogweed. I’ve been collecting it for many years without gloves and never had a reaction

[@guitarnotator]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS Could you eat the open flowers and why eat the immature seeds as opposed to when there brown and dried?

[@chippyboy35]

I used to run through this weed when I was young.

[@БубликПомидорович]

It is oversized dill!

[@mike814031]

i thought you weren't supposed to touch that stuff are you crazy?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You're thinking of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) as I say in the video

[@dansmith5817]

Who left micheals cage door open again? Come on you, IN!

[@Flowreach]

EDIBLE?!?! I ain't eating that 😂 swear it can still burn you

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

It’s one of our best edibles 😁. Common hogweed does have phototoxic sap but it is mild and seems to only affect people with sensitive skin. Its giant hogweed that is dangerous

[@mackenziecasler1960]

You have no clue