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Vermont foraging: Watch out for this poisonous ramp lookalike

Foraging season has begun, and already, one Vermonter looking for ramps has been fooled by the plant s poisonous look-alike: false hellebore. Vermont Health Department officials are urging Vermonters to know the differences between ramps and false hellebore before foraging and eating the plants. “Eating false hellebore can be very dangerous,” said Sarah Vose, state toxicologist with the Vermont Department of Health. “You can be enjoying a meal one minute and then need to be rushed to the hospital.” False hellebore contains poisonous chemicals called alkaloids, the Health Department said in a news release. Eating the plant causes people to be very sick, sometimes enough to be hospitalized.

State officials warn Vermonters about false hellebore | Vermont Business Magazine

Ramps, false hellebore and skunk cabbage. VDH images Beware of a dangerous imposter if you are foraging for ramps this spring Vermont Business Magazine Wild leeks, also known as ramps ( Allium tricoccum), are a wild edible that many Vermonters enjoy each spring. If you are foraging for them, be careful to not mistake the ramps for a poisonous lookalike plant called false hellebore. The young leaves of American false hellebore ( Veratrum viride) are often mistaken for ramps. False hellebore contains poisonous chemicals called alkaloids, and eating false hellebore can make people very sick, enough to hospitalize them. According to the Northern New England Poison Center there has been at least one reported poisoning in Vermont so far this year. Last year, the poison control center managed 25 cases involving Vermonters with possible false hellebore poisoning, more than four times the usual number.

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