Cow parsnip or pushkie, Heracleum maximum, is a large plant with very large leaves. It is found along stream banks and in moist meadows.
Common cow parsnip: Heracleum maximum
Cow parsnip or pushkie, Heracleum maximum, is a large plant with very large leaves. It is found along stream banks and in moist meadows.
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 | Close-up of cow parsnip or pushkie, Heracleum maximum, flowers. Note the various insects feeding on the nectar of the flowers. This is an example of an umbel type flower (inflorescence). Cow parsnips are in the Apiaeae, which used to be called the Umbelliferaceae family because of their umbel-type inflorescence.
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Close-up of cow parsnip or pushkie, Heracleum maximum, flowers. Note the various insects feeding on the nectar of the flowers.
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 | Close-up of cow parsnip or pushkie, Heracleum maximum, leaves. Note how large the leaves are.
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Close-up of cow parsnip or pushkie, Heracleum maximum, leafstalk showing how it clasps the stem.
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