Content
- So you recognize the angelica and distinguish poisonous plants
- Determinants - an overview
- Distinction by smell
- Tips
Angelica can be u.a. to recognize its special smell
So you recognize the angelica and distinguish poisonous plants
The angelica is one of the strongest medicinal plants in our latitudes, but is very easily confused with other umbelliferae. In particular, a confusion with the watery or spotted hemlock - one of the deadliest plants in our latitudes - as well as with the giant bear claw (also known as Hercules shrub) can quickly become very dangerous.
Determinants - an overview
The following table gives you a first overview of the most important characteristics of the different, easily confused umbelliferae. The most important distinguishing feature is the color of the flowers - in the real angelica the umbels are green, in all other plants white.
Distinction by smell
While Giant Bear Claw and Angelica are still relatively easy to distinguish from each other, this is not so easy between the extremely venomous hemlock and the angelica. In addition to the color of the flowers, however, the specific smell of the plants can be used for a distinction - while Angelica exudes a sweet, pleasant and reminiscent of a lean bitters (especially the stems!) Reminds the also very intense scent of the spotted hemlock rather Mice urine and is described as very unpleasant.
Tips
Because of the very high likelihood of confusion layman is discouraged by wild collections of angelica. However, you can also cultivate the medicinal plant in your own garden or purchase the plant components or the essential oil in a pharmacy.