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Hogweed |
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Heracleum sphondylium |
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Very common in waste ground, rough vegetation, roadsides, forestry rides, woodland, gardens. Flower umbels 5-15 cm across. Skye ID: Petals of outer flowers very unequal and deeply notched. Other features: No or few lower bracts, several reflexed upper bracts. Leaves very coarse and hairy, their stalks becoming a sheath near the stem. |
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Carl Farmer |
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Carl Farmer |
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| Umbels going over from
flower to fruit |
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| Unusual autumn regrowth with single-flowered umbels | ||