Poison Hemlock and the Usual Suspects

Out in the field, FeralKevin quickly goes over a very important plant to know: poison hemlock. It's a wild plant that is deadly poisonous and has edible lookalikes. I insist that beginners and even experts avoid even the lookalikes, as none of them, besides fennel and yampah, are worth any potential risk (in my opinion). After all, we're talking about something that could kill you!

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[feralkevin]

If people are confusing all of those plants, 1. they should definitely should not be experimenting with eating any of them. 2. They should find a local expert, even a farmer's market produce, to eat, touch peel, grow plant, dry, get intimate with several of the plants that are safe and readily available to the consumer. Then they can start the differentiation process.

That being said, I assume you mean Syrian rue, Peganum harmala, which I have never seen growing and have little info on.

[plantsofthegods]

what do you think about harmala?it seems people {i} are confusing,fern,parlsley,celery­,poison hemlock,dill,carrot,wild carrot,do you have any good season by season vids on harmala?it seems to me to look like many difernt plants,including chamomile,but it has green frut,but in grape like clusters,not singular,fruit looks like a honey spurge fruit,green,

[feralkevin]

@plantsofthegods also, do a google images search by copying and pasting the scientific ("Latin") names of the plants and looking at hundreds of them.

[feralkevin]

Dill and poison hemlock are NOT going to cross pollinate. When they seed they are distinctly different, and look very different even when young so if you accidentally plant poison hemlock, you'll know, and weed it out.

[Codenamebravo]

Brings a new meaning to eat yourself to death lol thanks good video.....oh yeah in my foragers handbook there are lots of lookalikes to hemlock.

[tanksbb]

This video has very good clarity.

[Darrell1019]

Thank you for the vid.

[daretohaveorangehair]

thx for posting your videos i subscribed

[TheMindNomad]

well if people are gonna randomly eat plants in the woods or where ever, and they eat that they were kinda asking for it.

[plantsofthegods]

@feralkevin i am the local expert,ha,represent,and ya know,thanks,now i think i know what those really nice ferns are that grow right next to the endless other types of ferns in this microclimate of humboldt california redwoods.that is why i guess it is good to be able to see a whole growth cycle if intrested in a plant.so if i bioassayed the hemlock what would it taste like,compared to the carrot?my plant taste very strong pepper,i dont know how strong it would have got,i just did a test.thanks

[plantsofthegods]

@feralkevin hello,i actually have just decide from as you sugested photos,only unfortunatly that i am not growing harmala.it is most likly carrot.i do have it somewere.i only got those plna references here,it is in peoples coments and all the plants are indeed simalar in leaf and stem.i cant tell the differnce between chamomile and probably wild carrot,when small.if you dont mind i guess you could look at this video of my wild carrrot,or whatever,i can reconize queen anns lace when bigger.peace