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Cow parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris, is a member of the umbellifer family, which includes many cultivated species, including carrot, celery and parsley. Cow parsley is also edible, with a parsley like taste with a hint of liquorice. However, foraging is generally discouraged as it can be confused with other related species, including the highly toxic hemlock and fool’s parsley, and they can grow together. The common name “Mother die” is thought to derive from a desire to frighten children, so they wouldn’t pick it, or hemlock by accident.
Cow parsley is a tall herbaceous perennial which has hollow stems and forms masses of compound flowers from April to June. These give rise to one of the alternative names – Queen Anne’s Lace. It is often found along hedgerows and road verges. It provides a valuable food sources for insects, and is a food source for the moth Agonopterix heracliana and the orange tip butterfly.
