Angelica |
Angelica sylvestris |
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Common on roadsides, woodland edge, burnsides, cliff ledges. Individual flowers c 2 mm across. ID: Leaves with toothed leaflets, larger leaves doubly pinnate (see bottom left pic). Uppermost leaves consist mostly of a large sheath, with a small pinnate leaf-blade on the end Hogweed also has large leaf sheath but completely different leaves. Other features: Lower bracts nil, or few and soon falling, upper bracts very narrow. |
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Upper leaves are more sheath than leaf | Lower leaves have huge sheaths, up to 5 cm | |
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Lower leaf |