Foraging Yarrow: Identification, Look-alikes, and Uses

Grow Forage Cook Ferment

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Abstract

Foraging guide warning that yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is sometimes mistaken for poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), which is very toxic; yarrow is a woolly plant with soft feather-like leaves that smells of fresh pine, whereas mature poison hemlock is three to four times larger with a purple-spotted stem. Anchors the yarrow-versus-hemlock confusion and the feathery-leaf and scent versus purple-spotted-stem tests.

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Grow Forage Cook Ferment 'Foraging Yarrow: Identification, Look-alikes, and Uses'. Available at: https://www.growforagecookferment.com/foraging-for-yarrow/

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