Canadian honewort
Cryptotaenia canadensis
herb · leaf
⚠️ Toxic look-alike
Never eat this plant unless you are certain it is not its toxic look-alike.
Like all umbellifers that are foraged, it can be confused with poison hemlock and water hemlock, which are deadly: only gather it when identified with certainty, by its three-leaflet leaf.
If in the slightest doubt, leave it. If you feel unwell after eating it, even several hours later, call Poison Control (1-800-222-1222) or 911.
Leaves and young stems tasting of celery and parsley, raw or cooked, picked in the woods: America's wild mitsuba.
- Origin
- Forests of eastern North America
- Where to find it
- Often along streams and in damp maple woods, from Ontario to Georgia.
- Season (United States)
- April to June · grows in your region
- Preparation
- Leaves and stems are washed and used like parsley, raw or cooked for a few minutes.
- Molecules
- In small amounts, not counted Lutein and zeaxanthin · Falcarinol · Chlorophyll
- Did you know?
- It is the American cousin of Japanese mitsuba, in the same family as parsley.