plant id help

[risby]

I'm sure you'll all know what this is ... but I can't find it in my references to wild greens. It looks a bit like flatleaf parsley but I didn't taste it because I couldn't identify it. Can you?

 

[Ed]

Any chance you can give us a few more details ..... aprox size of plant, size of leaf etc.

Cheers

Ed

 

[familne]

Initial thoughts are wild celery (Apium graveolens). What part of the country are you in?

 

[black_kissa]

Could it be Levistucum officinalis ?
In Dutch this is Lavas or Maggiplant, but I don't know the English name...

Live and Love,
Anneke

 

[risby]

Ed: Very much like flat leaf parsley, same size leaf, fronds six to eight inches high.

Familne: Yes, it does look like mini celery. It was on Dartmoor this weekend by a river in a coniferous wood.

 

[risby]

Could it be Levistucum officinalis ?
In Dutch this is Lavas or Maggiplant, but I don't know the English name...

Live and Love,
Anneke

Now that's odd. I put the latin name "Levistucum officinalis" into google and get just four hits, all of them Dutch. I thought everybody used the same Latin name for plants and that was a major benefit of the system. I are v confused.

 

[black_kissa]

Now that's odd. I put the latin name " " into google and get just four hits, all of them Dutch. I thought everybody used the same Latin name for plants and that was a major benefit of the system. I are v confused.

Me too... so let's see under "Levisticum officinale"... that looks better

In English it seems to be "Lovage"...

Hope this helps!

Live and Love,
Anneke

 

[match]

Obvious to say, but if its wild celery or lovage then it will have a strong smell and taste of, er celery

Lovage usually grows to around 4-6ft, while wild celery tends to stop closer to 3 feet tall - so go back and have a look a bit later in the year.

My guess would be lovage, since wild celery tends to have rounder, fatter, less jagged leaves:

Apium graveolens:

http://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_photos/apium_graveolens_wild_celery.jpg


Levisticum Officianale:

http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/apia/levis/levioff4.jpg

Of course, if it smells of parsley...

 

[Ranger Bob]

I'd say Lovage as well.

 

[familne]

The leaf shape doesn't look quite right for lovage plus habitat is more akin to wild celery i.e. damp by a river. Probably need to see the flowers to be sure - lovage is yellow whereas wild celery is white

 

[Porcupine]

id like to know what colour the sap has if you pull a leave in two,if its a deep yellow colour it might be something i know localy as "stinkende gouwe" (smelly golden one).

not quite sure whats the latin name for it,anyways,if it has the yellow sap id scrap it of my food list


porc.