The Fool's Parsley (Aethusa cynapium) or Fool's Cicely is an
annual (rarely
biennial)
herb in the plant family
Apiaceae, native to
Europe, western
Asia and northwest
Africa. It is the only member of the genus Aesthusa.It has a fusiform root and a smooth hollow branched stem growing to about 80 cm high, with much divided (ternately pinnate) smooth
leaves with an unpleasant smell, and small compound
umbels of small irregular white
flowers. It is related to
Hemlock and
Water-dropwort and like them is
poisonous, though the toxins are destroyed by drying, and
hay containing the plant is not poisonous. Symptoms of poisoning are heat in the
mouth and
throat.
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