Part XII
32 named mix-ups — tea leaves, white umbels, autumn cups, and two plants that share a common name. A comparison is not a forage license.
Foxglove for comfrey in a kettle is the worst garden story in this folio. Poison hemlock for parsley is the worst roadside one. If a plant is not in flower and you cannot name it, it is not tea, salad, or a wild carrot.
Pairs involving Elderberry.
Poke for elder
Purple-black berries on red stems look like a pie fruit. Pokeweed is a purge. Elder is a sambucus, and even that wants cooking.
Elderberry is a woody shrub with opposite, pinnate leaves and flat cymes. Pokeweed is an herbaceous perennial with alternate leaves, a magenta rachis, and hanging racemes. Do not juice an unknown purple berry.
