Thank you for putting this out there. I am a Master's degree biologist with a specialization in botany and a horticultural minor. I have heard so many people who have confused the two and have picked the Hemlock instead of Queen Anne's Lace and experienced the allergic reaction to it. There are many plants and fungi that one is an edible or beneficial and a look alike that is harmful or deadly. It is good that you can put these on the net for your viewers and do so in such a way that it is easily understandable.
Thank you so much for watching! I had one person comment that Queen Anne never shaved her legs (hairy stem) and hemlock was clumsy (bruised legs). Loved that and makes it easy to remember!
I live in San Francisco and poison hemlock grows EVERYWHERE here. It actually freaks me out a bit because I think most people don't know how poisonous it is.
Moving to a part of the country where both of these grow, I always avoided both because I was confused. But thank you for alleviating that confusion. The purple splotches on the stem is an eye opener and a great way to remember. Thank you!
if Hemlock is so poisonous having to get that close to tell the difference. one would be dead. played in the country growing up played with all plants never even got a rash. does hemlock kill if so how ... I'll continue to watch, always like to get to the point
Thank you so much! Picked a bouquet of Queen's Anne Lace off the roads in Salem OR. Then thought to learn more about it. Definitely Queen's Anne Lace! Will be on guard for both in the future.
I am hoping to get a video filmed on the medicinal properties of Queen Anne's this week! People seem quite interested in this, so stay tuned for that in the coming weeks. ♥
Woof!! SO “Thank You” for this post!! I never knew there was such a close association between these two plants…but I’m just a hack gardener and know NOTHING…..LOL!!
It truly is a piece of magic. Speaking of magical, so is the Philippines. I had the pleasure of visiting there many years ago. I wish I had been studying herbs then, I would have paid more attention to the local plant life!
Thank you so much. Turns out I have hemlock growing all over my back yard as well as dogs that like to eat plants so i’m going to tear them all up now. Thanks! You may have saved their lives
This is a perfect video. The first one I bent down to check out had a purple flower in the idle, fuzzy stem and the three-pronged brackets underneath the flower. Found it! I found queen Ann's Lace! Yay! So much fun. Thanks.
Yes!! So glad that you were able to identify Daucus. I know Poison Hemlock has exploded here in Ontario so people need to know how to identify this plant. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. As a child I picked the queen Ann’s lace to put in a vase. Only very recently I learned that the flower of poison hemlock looked the same. Glad you straightened that out for me. I just walked by some queen Ann’s lace this week and smiled.
Thanks very much ! You have helped identify the queen anne's lace .that grows in our ditch .my wife was out showing our granddaughter ditch flowers this morning 🌅.
I am so glad I could help! I was able to teach my students this weekend about the Queen too. With so many white flowers in bloom right now, I think it's a good idea to know the basics in your area ♥
There is a novel by Susan Wittig Albert called “Queen Anne’s Lace” which includes some interesting uses of QAL from days gone by as well as using the confusion ofQAL and poison hemlock as part of her plot development.
Queen Anne’s Lace makes an exceptionally beautiful pressed flower, last will last for years in art work. I make bookmarks & larger “pictures” with my grandchild, to give for gifts. They LOVE this!
Wow you did a beautiful job explaining . I need a video on poison ivy , poison oak and other vines that look close . I have watched several videos but I still somehow get into it outside and I am severely allergic .
Yes they are tricky because even poison ivy can vary in appearance as well. Next year when we go camping I will do a video on poison ivy because the site we go too is crawling with it!!
As kids, we called QAL wild carrots, & used to munch on the flowers. Sooo glad I didn't pick & eat poison hemlock! We looked for the little, purple flower!
They don't always have the purple flower which can be confusing for people. The hairy stem of QAL is a dead giveaway too. So glad you picked the right plants too!!
@@SpiraeaHerbs I was watching Full Spectrum Survival and he was talking about this as a problem in the US, so I decided to investigate and came across your channel, it was just what I was looking for, Thanks again.
@@frankjustis Yes I have heard that there is quite an explosion in the poison hemlock population down there. I tried to find some in my regular harvesting locations (I'm in Ontario) but no luck which is why I had to resort to pictures. Glad this knowledge helped you!
@@gailland5308 It's so worthy to learn! I have a Herbal Kids Curriculum that people are loving for that reason. Even though it is designed for kids, I am getting lots of feedback about how parents are learning a lot too!
Give thanks for your clear information, I am looking for original foods with high value, carrots have IODINE i use to heal fresh cuts and old sores , thanks from Jamaica
Yes normally it does. I'm not sure what it is like where you are, but the weather patterns are not very predictable here anymore. Years with droughts I find the flowering period for many of the herbs I use to be unpredictable and very short.
You get Poison Hemlock and QAL in the UK too, Hemlock is everywhere, I'm not too sure but I can only remember QAL by water sources that get lots of sun like drainage ditches.
Ah yes... so if you can find a Queen Anne's Lace turn the flower over. You will see that those 20 pieces are so all join together at the base in three distinct groups. I am hope I am explaining that correctly. So you will see separate groups of bracts that then branch out into more pieces. I hope that helps!
Random question, I noticed in your video that your fenced garden area doesn't have grass in it, but is covered with straw. We have a similar set up, but use bark chips instead. How do you keep the grass from creeping in under the fence and growing up and under your straw ground cover?? I feel like I'm fighting a never ending battle with ours :(
HI there! Barrier cover is the only way. In some areas like in gardens we will use multiple layers of cardboards because they will even breakdown. In some areas where the weeds are very bad and we just want walk-ways, we will use landscape fabric or tarps!
Thank you. I thought that I had the lace but, it's the hemlock. I'm color blind so I can't trust any of them. Be very careful about ticks. My wife and 7 others in our area died from tick bites in 2017. The state keeps the numbers secret. The other problem is that little kids get a tick disease and they suffer permanent damage before it is caught and treated. I spray my yard in April with Cutter. It protects into July. I can't spray again, because of the humming birds and bees. The population seems to be way down in my yard. Good Luck, Rick
I suggest using Wondercide spray. It’s non toxic and safe for all and will not hurt pollinators. But it will alleviate ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, et al from your yard with regular spraying
I was hoping to hear that Queen Ann is completely harmless..and hemlock is..deadly if even looked at...guess I'll keep searching for information...this is the basic difference in identification.😊
In full transparency, I do not know. I have only seen hemlock in the wild once and I stayed far away from it, so my personal experience with it is limited.
My apologies. I update the description below to share my Patreon information and I must have forgotten to include the book. It's Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Highly recommend. I also have a video on how to use it which I also recommend!
Do you happen to have the botanical names for each? Daucus Carota the queen anne lace you are referring to? And is Ammi majus the poison one you are referring to?.
I was curious to as there were any identifying smells. And what would you harvest on the Queen Anne's Lace other than the obvious floral bouquet. Are there any medicinal uses?
Queen Anne's Lace smells "grapey" or perhaps when it starts to lose that fresh scent, it reminds me of whatever the stuff is that is used in public bathrooms in parks and campgrounds. The scent is strongest when the sun is out and weakens in the evening.
@@tammiebroggins Oh I see! Then I am uncertain as to what that might be. Definitely worth looking up in a wildflower identification guide if you have one.
LEAVING ALL THOSE CUTE WHITE WILD FLOWERS ALONE... RULE NUMBER ONE... LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH... TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE CUTE WHITE WILD FLOWERS BUT DON'T TOUCH. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO... BUT I'M GOOD!🙏🏽🧘🏽🙏🏽 P.S. I PULLED THOSE CUTE WHITE WILD FLOWERS IN THE PAST CUZ THEY RESEMBLED BABY TEARS' IN A WILD WAY. DON'T REMEMBER WHICH VERSION I PULLED, WAS IT QUEEN OR HEMLOCK HMMmmmm. WELL I'M STILL HERE. signed donnalynn ramey🙏🏽➕🙏🏽
@@SpiraeaHerbs My great grandmother in Germany used to work for a Jewish family who taught her all about plants and herbs and their medicinal benefits. I have always envied her for having an opportunity to learn about such wonderful things.
@@shelbycat3843 Yes I envy that of my ancestors as well. This was not passed down to me either but I am grateful that I am sharing it now so it will not be forgotten.
How about the growth height, my poison hem Grows about 10 feet high, but any queen anns lace only 1 to 2 ft high or less, great identifier, dont you think, funny how you left that valuable tidbit out. Heres a thought if its taller then your waist, leave it alone, easy peasy.😶
Very good. Much appreciated. My area is being overrun by a host of undesirable invasive plants. This mean war. (and the perfect excuse to buy new ,cool tools to battle them. Hand to plant combat. Not a fan of poisons if I can avoid them. It’s a nice world. I’d like to keep it that way.) Thanks. 🕊✋😁👍🕊
I am glad I could help. It is exploding in population up here as well. I am not an expert in eradicating it, but you may literally need fire. And be careful and wear full protective clothing, face shield and such!
This is just thought is it possible that there could be cross pollination with Queen Anne's lace and poison hemlock , so that both plants end up poisonous. Could this cross pollination just happen natural way. Just thinking out loud ?
This is a great question! Thankfully Daucus and poison hemlock are not from the same family so they cannot cross pollinate. Queen Anne's can cross pollinate with other carrots though. 😊
this was great! can you do one for giant hogweed too? that's been found in the southern part of virginia a few years ago so i know it's going to start showing up here soon!
I'm so frustrated.Tonight I walked all over the city and I kept finding plants that look like a mix between the two. Fuzzy stems with no brackets. Smooth stems with no purple, smooth stems with purple STRIPES and but no splotches, and only ONE plant had brackets... it had fuzzy stems but no purple/red spot in the middle. I figured that THAT was definitely queen anne's lace in spite of missing the red spot, but as far as the others? I had no idea. Some of them were two feet tall, some 4 feet tall, all of them were a mish-mash of characteristics. It's easy enough to say "better safe than sorry" but I REALLY want to know what's growing around here.
Do you have a field/identification guide? A worthwhile investment for sure! In my area Daucus isn't up yet... Still baby plants. And of course it's possible it's something different entirely. Contacting a herbalist local to you to see if they do herb walks would be a great way to learn more. Or I highly recommend a field guide. I prefer Newcomb's personally.
Having the same issue. There are several plants growing in my yard that have mixed characteristics of hemlock and queen anne's lace. Wondering if maybe they're something else entirely?
@@Chris-tn4js yes, in my yard, i have a wild plant very similar to both QAL and PH, however, it smells sweet like anise or licorice, probably sweet cicely of some kind.. Also I've read the poison hemlock smells bad when broken, like dead, swamp or smth very unpleasant... if in doubts, clean out everything, better be safe than sorry
