Apiaceae

494 edible species

Carrot family containing parsley, celery, fennel, dill, and other aromatic herbs and vegetables.

Eryngium campestre

Field eryngo, Snakeroot

Edible: Leaves, Root

Eryngium campestre var. virens

Devetabani

Edible: Leaves, Stems, Roots, Flowers

Eryngium creticum

Crete eryngo, Small-headed blue eryngo

Edible: Leaves, Stems, Roots

Eryngium elegans

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Eryngium foetidum

Sawtooth Coriander, Culantro

Edible: Leaves, Spice, Fruit

Eryngium glomeratum

Pagkalos

Edible: Stems, Leaves

Eryngium graecum

Edible: Leaves

Eryngium grande

Edible: Leaves

Eryngium heterophyllum

Edible: Leaves

Eryngium maritimum

Sea Holly, Sea Eryngo

Edible: Leaves, Roots, Flowers, Vegetable

Eryngium nudicaule

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Spice

Eryngium pandanifolium

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Eryngium paniculatum

Edible: Roots, Shoots, Stems, Leaves

Eryngium viride

Edible: Leaves

Eulophus ambiguus

Biscuit-root

Edible: Root, Tuber

Falcaria vulgaris

Longleaf, Sickle weed

Edible: Leaves

Ferula assa-foetida

Asafoetida, Stinking Gum

Edible: Leaves, Root, Spice, Stems, Gum

Ferula bungeana

Edible: Leaves, Stems, Flavouring

Ferula communis

Common Giant Fennel, Giant anise fennel

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Flowers

Ferula dubjanskyi

Dzhaudzhamyr

Edible: Vegetable

Ferula elaeochytris

Giant fennel

Edible: Leaves

Asafoetida

Edible: Leaves, Gum, Spice

Galbanum

Edible: Gum - spice

Ferula jaeschkeana

Edible: Leaves

Ferula karelinii

Edible: Root

Ferula longifolia

Edible: Root

Ferula longipes

Edible: Root

Stink fetida, Hing asafetida

Edible: Leaves, Spice, Gum

Edible: Gum

Ferula tingitana

Edible: Root

Ferula transitoria

Ferulago angulata

Edible: Leaves

Ferulago stellata

Edible: Leaves

Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel, Common fennel

Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Bulb, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Oil, Roots, Flowers, Tea

Foeniculum vulgare azoricum - (Mill.)Thell.

Florence Fennel

Edible: Leaves, Root, Seed, Stem

Foeniculum vulgare dulce - (Mill.)Batt.&Trab.

Sweet Fennel

Edible: Leaves, Root, Seed, Stem

Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum

Florence fennel, Fennochio, Finnochio

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable

Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce

Sweet fennel, Finocchio

Edible: Seeds - spice, Vegetable

Geocaryum macrocarpum

Edible: Tubers

Gingidia harveyana

Slender seseli

Edible: Seeds

Glehnia littoralis

Coral vegetable, Coastal glehnia

Edible: Leaves, Leaf stalks, Vegetable, Roots

Edible: Roots

Edible: Roots - yeast

Gongylosciadium falcarioides

Edible: Leaves

Hellenocarum amplifolium

Edible: Leaves

Helosciadium nodiflorum - (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Fool's-water-cress

Heracleum afghanicum

Edible: Spice

Heracleum antasiaticum

Edible: Leaves, Stalks

Heracleum asperum

Edible: Leaves, Stem

Heracleum barmanicum

Burmain cow-parsley

Edible: Leaves

Heracleum bivittatum

Edible: Root - soup

Heracleum candicans

Edible: Stem, Spice, Flavouring

Heracleum flavescens

Yellow cow parsnip

Edible: Leaves ?

Heracleum lanatum

American cow parsnip

Edible: Roots, Shoots, Leaf stalks, Leaves, Seeds

Heracleum leskovii

Edible: Stem

Heracleum mantegazzianum

Edible: Leaves

Heracleum moellendorffii

North eastern cow parsnip

Edible: Leaves

Heracleum moellendorfii

Edible: Stem

Heracleum pastinacifolium

Edible: Stems

Heracleum persicum

Persian cow-parsley

Edible: Leaves, Leaf stalks, Flavouring, Spice

Heracleum platytaenium

Yavsan otu

Edible: Stems, Leaves

Heracleum pubescens

Downy cow-parsnip

Edible: Leaves, Stem

Heracleum pyrenaicum subsp. cordatum

Cow parsnip

Edible: Root

Heracleum pyrenaicum subsp. orsinii

Edible: Roots, shoots

Heracleum rawianum

Edible: Flavouring

Heracleum rigens

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Heracleum siamicum

Edible: Spice, Flavouring

Heracleum sibiricum

Edible: Plant, Shoots, Stalk

Heracleum sphondylium

Hogweed, Cow parsnip

Edible: Leaves, Roots, Stems, Seeds

Heracleum sphondylium montanum - (Schleich. ex Gaudin.)Briq.

Cow Parsnip

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Shoots, Stem

Heracleum sphondylium sibiricum - (L.)Simonkai.

Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots, Stem

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. montanum

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Salt, Stem

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sibiricum

Edible: Leaves

Heracleum tuberosum

Edible: Root

Heracleum wallichii

Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Seeds - spice

Heracleum wilhelmsii

Edible: Stem

Heteromorpha arborescens var. abyssinica

Parsley tree

Edible: Roots

Heteromorpha trifoliata

Parsley tree, Parsnip tree

Edible: Root - flavouring, Vegetable

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Water Pennywort, Lawn marshpennywort

Edible: Leaves

Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Pennywort

Edible: Leaves

Imperatoria major

Edible: Root, Caution

Imperatoria ostruthium

Masterwort, Angelica, Hogfennel

Edible: Leaves

Johrenia aromatica

Edible: Leaves

Lagoecia cuminoides

Wild cumin

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Favouring, Flowers, Leaves

Laser trilobum - (L.)Borke.

Gladich

Edible: Seed, Stem

Laserpitium hispidum

Edible: Leaves, Stems

Laserpitium latifolium

Lasewort, White gentian

Edible: Root, Spice, Seeds

Laserpitium siler

Laserwort

Edible: Roots, Seeds, Spice

Ledebouriella divaricata

Bofu

Edible: Shoots, Leaves

Ledebouriella seseloides - (Hoffm.)Wolff.

Fang Feng

Edible: Leaves

Levisticum officinale

Lovage, Garden lovage

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Seed, Stem

Ligusticum ajanense

False Snow-parsley

Edible: Leaves

Ligusticum californicum

California licorice root

Edible: Roots

Ligusticum canadense

Canadian licorice root

Edible: Leaves

Ligusticum canbyi

Osha

Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots, Stem

Ligusticum daucoides

Edible: Leaves

Ligusticum grayi

Gray's licorice root

Ligusticum holopetalum

Edible: Leaves

Ligusticum hultenii

Hulten's Licorice Root

Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots

Ligusticum mutellina - (L.)Crantz.

Mountain Lovage, Alpine lovage

Edible: Leaves