Umbelievable!

[extremeds]

Bad title i know! can anyone help me with this guy, spotted in a damp / marsh environment which makes me think hemlock, but it didnt have the purple spots or the height, plus flowers smelled pleasant like meadow sweet!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62329690@N07/6110571932/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62329690@N07/6110025689/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62329690@N07/6110022889/in/photostream

 

[Toddy]

*when* were the photos taken ?

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[extremeds]

today! or yesterday as i write this 03/09/2011, so not alexanders!

 

[Shewie]

You might get a match on here ....

http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/splist.asp?Sort=&Family=Umbelliferae%20/%20Apiaceae&PlantGroup=Dicots

 

[Toddy]

today! or yesterday as i write this 03/09/2011, so not alexanders!

Well no, but then Alexanders are yellow/green flowers.

M

 

[extremeds]

Thanks shewie! What a great resource, alas I could not find a match

 

[dwardo]

Are the stalks ribbed, ,maybe ground elder?
try looking up Lesser Water Parsnip too.
Maybe angelica lol sorry keep adding to this list. They are a bugger to ID.

 

[bayleaf]

It does look a lot like wild parsnip.About the right time of year for the flower as well.

 

[udamiano]

looks very much like Angelica

possibly

ANGELICA 'CORINNE TREMAINE'

going by the leaves

 

[blacktimberwolf]

How about wild Angelica ( angelica sylvestris)

 

[Kepis]

looks like Angelica to me

 

[udamiano]

I thought wild parsnip has a multi-lobed leaf

The one in the post has only a single leaf with a serrated edge

picy of wild parsnip leaves



And a more yellow flower

 

[Kepis]

Wild Parsnip doesnt have a sheath around the leaf stalk/stem junction, whereas the picture linked to by the Op clearly shows a sheath around this junction

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Wild parsnip has yellow flowers & different leaves.

 

[bayleaf]

I thought wild parsnip has a multi-lobed leaf

The one in the post has only a single leaf with a serrated edge

picy of wild parsnip leaves

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And a more yellow flower

Ah ha! glad you were paying attention.Well done.Of course it's not wild parsnip......I was just testing.....cough.

 

[extremeds]

Cheers all!