Wild carrot

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@ramonsita625 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for clarifying how to distinguish between the two, I had always wondered, especially since recently I’ve seen some growing in my yard. Today I’ll take a look, see if I can figure it out!

@objective_psychology 3 ай бұрын

Trying to distinguish Apiaceae plants in upstate NY is really frustrating sometimes. 99% of the time the ones that look like wild carrot are either edible wild carrot or cow parsley, but every so often it's poison hemlock. Frustratingly hard to tell without close inspection so I have to check every time. Still I wish more people ate wild carrot!

@objective_psychology 3 ай бұрын

(Cow parsley is edible btw, just not a food of choice for me.)

@PaleoForaging 3 ай бұрын

@@objective_psychology ya I've had cow parsley and never really liked it myself either. It was burned and its ashes used as a condiment by some northern California tribes, but I haven't tried that.

@herosbreath6715 3 ай бұрын

Growing up in the Northeast there are literal tons of these growing everywhere. They’re sooooo tasty and a good, easy source of carbohydrates.

@Earthatrip 3 ай бұрын

Don’t forget about the purple center dot. Also- the queen has hairy legs. It is upsetting how rampant poison hemlock is in this region. I didn’t want to believe it, but at one point ( in San Antonio) it had populated my entire yard. Neighbor tried to tell me it was some other benign relative of carrot… but it was NOT Queen Annes Lace. Unless there another species I’m over unaware of- IT WAS DEADLY HEMLOCK!

@josepheridu3322 3 ай бұрын

Yummy... but that flower left my blind and itchy for some reason.

@unkoric 3 ай бұрын

I have a lot of this near me. Fasho not poison hemlock. Never harvested. Maybe I will. What time of year is best?

@PaleoForaging 3 ай бұрын

I haven't had the opportunity to harvest them myself, but from what I've read, they can be harvested year-round, but you probably need the flowers first to ID them. The fall is probably good because they've been growing all spring and summer and have flowered.

@PaleoForaging 3 ай бұрын

Note this species is introduced, but there is a native American wild carrot, Daucus pusillus. It has more narrow foliage, and its "skirt," though longer, appears to have blown upwards.