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Habitat: |
rich, damp woods; roadsides |
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Plant Height: |
30-90 (1'-3') cm or more, erect single stem |
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Flower Color: |
white (can be tinged with purple) |
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Flower: |
5 notched petals with outer petal larger and deeply cleft; outer flowers of umbel irregular |
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Inflorescence: |
large compound umbels; 10-20 cm wide; 15-30 rays; individual umbels subtended by 5-10 leafy bracts |
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Fruit: |
schizocarp, elliptic to ovate, flattened, usually pubescent with broadly winged lateral ribs |
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Leaves: |
compound; very large with basal leaves having a clasping sheath, divided into 3 segments |
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Bloom Time: |
June-July |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
known as Heracleum maxinum Bartr. in many common field guides |