Is this weed edible? What is it?

[Sahara999]

Does anybody know what this weed is? Is it edible?

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[catjac1975]

It looks like Queen Anne's lace. If it is the taproot is like a carrot and edible, though I do not know how good it is. The leaves are toxic.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i don't think that is Queen Ann's lace. it doesn't look like what i have around here and i know those from the blooms they produce. the leaves also don't look like what you'd want to see since it is a close relative to the carrot and should have leaves that look like them. if you decide to try and eat it please be careful. there are some plants that are toxic that look similar to them and may be close in relation. there are also some roots that are edible but they have to be cooked or boiled for a long time to get out any toxins they may contain.

you might want to look up some relatives of celery. try cow parsnip or water hemlock.

though i'm thinking those leaves look like a little plant i get in my yard but i haven't identified it yet. i also haven't seen a bloom on it to positively identify what it is.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Is that mint?

 

[897tgigvib]

Don't be surprised if in a few months they have little pink geranium type flowers. Those have a similar look to

STICKY GERANIUM

a kind of wildflower we have here.

Look around under them to see if you can find any of their last year's growth withered, dead, and possibly partially composted. Look for what would be left of the telltale long pods, an inch or so long, skinny, and tapering, possibly opened and curled outward.

They do not have much geranium scent, but maybe a little bit. The Geranieriaceae are self composters. Their previous years dropped leaves and annual tops compost rapidly under themselves.



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[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

Marshall, do these happen to grow in woods or around decaying tree stumps? i seem to notice these growing in those conditions. my ground also is a little wet in these areas.

 

[897tgigvib]

They seem to grow most lush like that at the edges of clearings and the oak sections of the mixed forest. They also grow in full light smaller and tougher, with more but smaller flowers. There are a lot of plants with that leaf form though...

 

[vfem]

Welcome, I'm of no help... I don't see any pictures

 

[897tgigvib]

VFem, what I did was copy the url, open an empty browser window, and pasted it into the empty address box. After that, I clicked at the far left of it to add the h so it starts http.

That was a great trick Sahara!

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

I'm having troubles with the pictures. But if you do narrow it down to something in the carrot family break the taproot in half and smell it (If it's Queen Ann's Lace, It should smell like carrot.) Queen Ann's Lace does not have purple speckling or hairs on the stems like hemlock. Just make sure you know what it is before eating it (if you decide to, that is.), one mistake could be fatal.