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Apiaceae > Heracleum (cowparsnip)

Cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum) Cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006

Uncommon in the NC mountains in a variety of open habitats, this is a very large and distinctive herbaceous plant!

Cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum) Cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006

Unfortunately, my whole plant photos did not turn out, partially because of the difficulty in getting the whole plant into one photo!



Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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