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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Apiaceae
Heracleum lanatum Michx.
American cow-parsnip
Heracleum: named for Hercules, who was supposed to have used it first for medicine
lanatum: Latin for "wooly"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-10' tall, stout, often fuzzy, foul smelling forb; single, hollow stems |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, petals notched; inflorescence a 4"-8" compound, flat umbel with 15-30 stalked umbellets, the outer flowers sometimes larger and irregular; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | dry, splitting into 2 seeds, - fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | softly hairy; once 3-parted with broad, stalked, toothed or palmate leaflets; usually with an enlarged base with the stalk clasping the stem |
| Habitat: | sun to partial shade; moist; disturbed sites, streambanks; in rich soil |
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