Kathy deWitt 100 Posted June 19, 2018 Can anyone identify this plant please? P21FYE I have been searching for at least an hour. I am sure it is v. common, Pembrokeshire Wales UK. Thank you, Kathy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starsphinx 292 Posted June 19, 2018 I cant see an image just p21fye but it is not a link. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe 151 Posted June 19, 2018 22 minutes ago, Starsphinx said: I cant see an image just p21fye but it is not a link. p21fye is the Alamy image ref. Paste into Alamy search engine and all will be relieved. Joe 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathy deWitt 100 Posted June 19, 2018 thanks for replies....as Joe says, paste code into Alamy search.....sorry I can't remember how to do a link. Kathy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathy deWitt 100 Posted June 19, 2018 Thank you Ian! I think you are right. And it is edible. Kathy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broad Norfolk 127 Posted June 19, 2018 2 hours ago, geogphotos said: Alexanders 'Smyrnium olusatrum' It is found in coastal areas. But don't rely on me. Just to confirm, it's Alexanders. Frequent over here on my local North Norfolk coastal patch. Native in NW France, naturalised in Britain. It is said that the Romans ground the small black seeds to make a kind of pepper. Jim. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starsphinx 292 Posted June 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Kathy deWitt said: Thank you Ian! I think you are right. And it is edible. Kathy I will add please be careful with identifying things as edible. I have just discovered the umbellifer family (I love photography - it makes me learn things lol) where you have cow parsley which is edible looking almost identical to hemlock which is a touch on the deadly side - and the 2 can grow side by side. I am actually kind of shocked that all these years I have been wandering around surrounded by a famous poison totally oblivious. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathy deWitt 100 Posted June 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Starsphinx said: I will add please be careful with identifying things as edible. I have just discovered the umbellifer family (I love photography - it makes me learn things lol) where you have cow parsley which is edible looking almost identical to hemlock which is a touch on the deadly side - and the 2 can grow side by side. I am actually kind of shocked that all these years I have been wandering around surrounded by a famous poison totally oblivious. Thank you for the warning Starsphinx. This is where I obtained my information: http://www.wildfooduk.com/hedgerow-food-guide/alexanders-1-hedgerow/ I think people would check in any case, before taking my word that a plant is edible. Kathy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Richmond 739 Posted June 19, 2018 Yes, Smyrnium olusatrum, Alexanders. Brought to the UK long before it was the UK and used as a food plant in monastery gardens. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
