The seed is the source of psyllium, used to decrease cholesterol. Lacy-leaved Queen Anne's Lace has a hairy stem. Fool's Parsley is smooth-stemmed. Poison Hemlock is hairless and spotted with purple. Don't eat Queen Anne's Lace unless you are starving.
White root smells like a carrot, tastes like carrot when cooked.
Eat berries fresh, cooked, dried or in jelly. Steep 10 minutes. Rose hips are a good source of Vit. Summer through winter, as the hips remain on the shrub until spring. Found growing in recent clearings, abandoned logging roads, moist fields.