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    Is Yarrow (achillia sp) edible?
    It was a plant featured in th 'edible garden' at Hampton Court flower show and I've never heard of anyone eating it.It has many other uses, but as a food?

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    Don't know if this is of any use.

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    Here's another yarrow link
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    Thanks gents. Great links
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    Seems you found what you were looking for
    But heres another link

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    Default yarrow edibility

    If you read through past literature yarrow leaves are reputed to have been used as a peppery vegetable addition. The specimens I have tried certainly did not match up to that expectation, and I have not even bothered attempting to cook them as a potherb as there are usually many other better edible greens around. I also recall that there is a caution about consuming yarrow is small amounts.

    Yarrow proper should not be confused with 'sneezewort yarrow' [achillea ptarmica], generally known as 'sneezewort' . This has a strange sharp taste, and may be used in salads in small quantities.

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