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Perennial plant identification please

 
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Anyone know what this plant is? I think it might be an edible plant - possibly Scandinavian native. It has delicate white umbel flowers in late spring - just emerging at the moment.
(It isn't parsley!)
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Unknown plant in spring
Unknown plant in spring
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It reminds me of Queen Anne's Lace but there are so many look-alikes, I don't have the knowledge to tell them all apart.

Really pretty leaves
 
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I wonder if it's lovage, which is edible and has white umbel flowers.
Just wondering, if you don't know what it is, how do you know it's edible and Scandinavian?
 
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I like the suggestion for lovage.  I planted it though it got pulled up by someone thinking it was a weed.

I wonder, does lovage smell like celery?  It is a substitute.
 
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Kim Wills wrote:how do you know it's edible and Scandinavian?


I'm pretty sure I planted it - but by the time it was planted out I had lost the label, so this is just what I think I remember from when I bought the seed!

I think lovage has larger leaflets...but definitely in that family.
 
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maybe an artemesia of some sort?

my mugwort is just coming up and looks similar I think...sunlight when I took the pic made it look yellower than it is.

I think lovage has flatter leaves  and the stem and taste would be distinctive.

I'm removing my photo of mugwort so it doesn't confuse your thread😊
 
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Judith Browning wrote:maybe an artemesia of some sort?



I don't think so. The leaves do look similar, but mine definitely has umbeliferous flowers, whereas mugwort flowers appears to be arranged up the stem more like goosefoot.
 
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I think the plant looks to me to be in the celery family. I can’t say more than that.
 
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agreed, it’s an umbellifer. lovage does indeed have larger leaflets that look very like celery, and yes it tastes like extra-strong celery. seems not-quite-parsley enough to be chervil…
 
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Anne Miller wrote:I like the suggestion for lovage.  I planted it though it got pulled up by someone thinking it was a weed.

I wonder, does lovage smell like celery?  It is a substitute.



Lovage does smell like celery, but it has much larger, tougher leaves than that, and the young leaves are wrinkled and glossy.
 
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