Common Name - Cow Parsnip
	Scientific Name - Heraclium maximum
	Family Name -  Carrot (Apiaceae)
Season	Perennial, summer.
Habitat	Moist rich soil including roadsides, damp fields, trail sides.
Flower	Regular, white, form broad flat clusters (umbel), individual flowers 1/2 inch wide, petals with notches at the tip.
Leaves	Alternate, simple, lobed, very large (8 to 12 inches), segments heart-shaped at base, leaf stalk clasps the stem, stem woolly.
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