Cow Parsley?

[pammosley]

I`m going to feel really silly but this is cow parsley isn`t it? Growing in Wetland & about 5ft tall.



Thanks for your time

[Dadzinsky]

Looks like it to me Pam, but no reason to feel silly..

[pammosley]

Thanks Dadinsky, It just looked more delicate & feathery than normal

[cutecoot]

I always get a bit confused with some of these umbellifers, pam .. and I always wonder when I see cow parsley whether it actually *is*, so thanks for asking the question I was too embarrassed to ask! p.s. Other name for it is Queen Anne's Lace, so I guess that is the clue to it's delicate appearance

[pammosley]

Thanks Cutecoot, glad I`m not the only one

[metalfish]

oh me too, umbellifers are hard work, I'm sure I call more things cow parsley than I should

[treecreeper]

I agree umbellifers are hard work but I would have said Cow Parsley was one of the easier ones, as long as there are fruits on it. These are smooth and cylindrical. Not unlike Rough Chervil fruits, but that is a very different plant, grey-green and rough with purple spotted stems.

[pleb]

I always used to get cow parsley and rough chervil confused but, when you look at them long enough, cow parsley has sort of shiny green leaves whereas rough chervil has matt looking leaves - due to them being slightly hairy. They also differ in the ways TC describes.

[pammosley]

Thanks for the advice folks, willing to learn