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Wild garlic sausage, wild garlic cheese or simply a delicious salad flavored with wild garlic – all this will delight gourmets at the beginning of the season. But be careful! Wild garlic leaves resemble the leaves of poisonous autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) A deceptive similarity: While the leaves of wild garlic are stalked and elliptical and emit a characteristic garlic odor, the leaves of autumn crocus are stemless, lance-shaped and odorless.
How do you tell wild garlic from lily of the valley and autumn crocus?
- Wild garlic season is from early March to mid-May.
- Wild garlic begins to bloom in early May.
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Wild garlic can easily be confused with lily of the valley or autumn crocus.
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Rule of thumb: Wild garlic leaves smell like garlic when crushed, while lily of the valley and autumn crocus leaves do not.
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Wild garlic has a dull underside, while lily of the valley has a glossy leaf. Both the underside and the upper part of the autumn crocus leaf are shiny.
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There is only one variety of wild garlic leaves that grows from the ground.
Unlike edible wild garlic, autumn crocus contains a strong poison. This leads to severe poisoning symptoms after just a few leaves are consumed. (SDA)
Source : Blick
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