The Wild Foodies of Philly
In search of the food beneath our feet!
LOOK-A-LIKES!
SIMILAR LEAF SHAPES AND THEIR VARIOUS EDGES:
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SPRING BULB CONFUSION
MARSH - leaves hard to distinguish, but each has a very different flower &
different preparation.
Mugwort - cut leaf, sage smell
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF ARTEMISIA:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/artemisia-genus
Fig. 1. Leaves and synflorescences of four Artemisia species. (A) Artemisia absinthium. (B) Artemisia annua (Sweet Annie). (C) Artemisia dracunculus (French Tarragon). (D) (Mugwort) Artemisia vulgaris. For each species, the leaves placed in the upper or left side show the adaxial face and those placed in the lower or right side show the abaxial face. Photographs by P. Barnola, A. Mallol and L. Vilar (synflorescences of A. absinthium—detail—and A. dracunculus), G. Pié (synflorescence of A. annua) and J. Vallès (the rest).