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CAN YOU TELL THESE APART?
Spring foragers eat one. The other's shoots are toxic, and they come up side by side
SAFE
daylily shoots
Hemerocallis fulva
fan of soft leaves from a fibrous root, buds edible (some people get mild stomach upset)
TOXIC
iris shoots
Iris spp.
fan of stiff sword leaves growing from a thick rhizome at the soil surface
How to tell them apart
Soft leaves from a fibrous root = daylily (buds edible; try a little, some stomachs react). Stiff sword leaves from a thick surface rhizome = iris (toxic).
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