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Plant growing in a shaded woodland bank

Plant growing in a shaded woodland bank

Close up of leaf

Close up of leaf

Close up of flowers

Close up of flowers

Close up of fruits

Close up of fruits

This week I’ve been looking for flowers that aren’t Cow Parsley (Anthricus sylvestris). No offence to Cow Parsley!

I think this dainty plant is Pignut (Conopodium majus) but I’d be grateful for confirmation #wildflowerID
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Apiaceae #CarrotFamily #umbellifer

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My one and only #CarrotFamily entry for this week's #WildflowerHour #CarrotsAndPeas challenge. Pignut, Conopodium majus, at Ravensbourne Meadows.

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Fields of Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata
#carrotfamily
#wildflowerhour

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#WildflowerHour #carrotfamily pignut amongst the bluebells, and bonus:my first ever yellow rattle in the wildflower lawn.

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Not any old Hogweed but a deeply frilly one:
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium forma angustisecta.
Pure, geeky #CarrotFamily moment.
Enjoy! 🤣
#wildflowerhour

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Not any old Hogweed but a deeply frilly one:
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium forma angustisecta.
Pure, geeky #CarrotFamily moment.
Enjoy! 🤣
#wildflowerhour

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This might be *just* Pignut, but it’s rather special. Seven years after sowing our meadow with wild seed from a Coronation Meadow, it’s appeared - about 30 plants across the meadow. Love this gentle appearance of new flowers each year @BSBIbotany #wildflowerhour #CarrotFamily

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Cow Parsley is a ubiquitous member of the #CarrotFamily as it will grow almost anywhere. I have also included Hemlock although not in flower. The stems are a give away with red/purple markings. It contains Coniine & several other toxic alkaloids. Best avoided! #WildFlowerHour

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Hemlock Water-dropwort is another member of the #CarrotFamily and I found it growing along the edge of the Kennet and Avon Canal. It is toxic due to containing oenanthotoxin. The tubers are particularly are toxic. #WildFlowerHour

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Hogweed is a member of the #CarrotFamily. The one in the first photo was taller than me and about 2m I think. Most of the flowers I saw were white but, unlike Giant Hogweed, it can have pinky coloured flowers #WildFlowerHour

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Hemlock Water-dropwort, Oenanthe crocata, on the banks of the River Wey. ☠ #WildflowerHour #CarrotFamily

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Some Rough Chervil, Chaerophyllum temulum, spotted at entrance to a driveway as I was leaving work yesterday, just in time for the #WildflowerHour #CarrotFamily challenge. Bristly, purple spotted stems & later flowering time are a couple of ways of telling apart from Cow Parsley.

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Not everyone's favourite Umbellifer, Ground Elder, Aegopodium podagraria, on a shady roadside. #WildflowerHour #CarrotFamily

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Pignut, Conopodium majus, on a grassy heath for the #WildflowerHour #CarrotFamily challenge.

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