Pacific Hemlock-Parsley (Conioselinum pacificum)

Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Conioselinum pacificum is a PERENNIAL. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline and saline soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet and tasty, though others say that they have a strong flavour and can cause diarrhoea. — Native North American Indians would mark plants in the summer and then harvest them in the spring before the new shoots emerged.; The plant produces a root cluster, only the larger roots were removed, the smaller ones being left in the ground to continue growing.; The roots were steamed for some hours before being eaten.; Some reports say that the roots are sweet and tasty, though others say that they have a strong flavour and can cause diarrhoea.

Habitat & North American Range

Common on sandy or gravelly beaches, grassy bluffs and headlands, and tidal marshes, mostly along or near the coastline. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)