Anyone know what this weed is?

[crispini]

It's sort of carrot-like, but the root is white, and very stringy.

Is it edible? I have it all over my yard. If it's edible, I might eat it.

[Dr. Strange]

1. Looks cilantro-ish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander

:shrug:

[crispini]

2. It does! But cilantro doesn't have that thick white root, does it?

[Dr. Strange]

3. Here's the image from the wiki:

So it could be a coriander plant. Maybe someone with a greener thumb than I can answer.

[crispini]

4. Looking at it closer, it doesn't have those small forked leaves.

They are longer and more carrot-like.

[China_cat]

9. Coriander is the seed produced by the cilantro plant.

[Blue Diadem]

5. Wild carrot? Poison hemlock?

If you let them grow, do they get white flowers?

http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/dauca.htm

[crispini]

8. I've never let it grow

it does look an awful lot like wild carrot! Thanks!

[Blue Diadem]

15. I had a couple sneak in under shrubs,

and was shocked to see those white flowers sticking out of the row of bushes. I never determined which one I had, carrot or hemlock, but it was a pain getting that carrot like root dug out.

[otherlander]

6. Queen Anne's Lace?

A young plant, maybe:

[orleans]

7. maybe you could call and ask someone at your local forest preserve

or something. i did that last year with this hemlock i have (or deadly nightshade--i forget now. i'll call again this year maybe.)

[leftyclimber]

10. Looks like yarrow.

It ran rampant all over my yard one year -- I just mowed it, and it looked better than the actual grass!

The picture's blurry, though, so I can't be sure. Your local Extension office may be able to help.

[lost-in-nj]

11. Did you smell it??

I know we have thyme that grows wild here...


maybe some kind of parsley




lost

[crispini]

13. it just sort of has a weed smell

nothing distinctive :hi:

[JackBeck]

12. Non smokeable?

:smoke:

[crispini]

14. I wish!

LOL