SAFETY FIRST, ALWAYS
Call, don’t browse.
Chest pain, stroke signs, trouble breathing, snakebite, seizure, or a swallowed unknown plant are phone calls—not search queries.
Emergency911
Poison Control1-800-222-1222
Suicide & crisis988
RULES THAT KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE
01
Prefer grocery and cultivated sources.
02
Never eat a wild mushroom unless a living expert identifies it in person.
03
If a wild onion or ramp does not smell of onion when crushed, it is not food.
04
Pokeweed is not elderberry. Foxglove is not mullein or comfrey.
05
Pennyroyal is not mint. Do not drink it.
06
No honey for infants under one year.
07
Pregnancy, nursing, childhood, surgery, and prescription medicines change what is safe.
Deadly lookalikes
YarrowPoison hemlock / water hemlock
Ramps & wild onionDeath camas / lily of the valley
ElderberryPokeweed
PeppermintPennyroyal