Plant growing in a shaded woodland bank
Close up of leaf
Close up of flowers
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
My one and only #CarrotFamily entry for this week's #WildflowerHour #CarrotsAndPeas challenge. Pignut, Conopodium majus, at Ravensbourne Meadows.
#WildflowerHour #carrotfamily pignut amongst the bluebells, and bonus:my first ever yellow rattle in the wildflower lawn.
Not any old Hogweed but a deeply frilly one:
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium forma angustisecta.
Pure, geeky #CarrotFamily moment.
Enjoy! 🤣
#wildflowerhour
Not any old Hogweed but a deeply frilly one:
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium forma angustisecta.
Pure, geeky #CarrotFamily moment.
Enjoy! 🤣
#wildflowerhour
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
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
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
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
Hemlock Water-dropwort, Oenanthe crocata, on the banks of the River Wey. ☠ #WildflowerHour #CarrotFamily
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.
Not everyone's favourite Umbellifer, Ground Elder, Aegopodium podagraria, on a shady roadside. #WildflowerHour #CarrotFamily
