PARSLEY FAMILY 



UMBELLIFERAE 



COW PARSNIP 



Heracleiim lanatum Michx. 



The Cow Parsnip grows in rich low woods from Newfoundland 

 to Alaska, south to North Carolina and California. Its stem 

 attains a height of 8 feet and a diameter of 2 inches, is hollow and 



covered with long white 

 hairs. The leaves are 

 very hairy, petioled, 

 6-10 inches broad and 

 ternately divided. The 

 segments are ovate, 

 heart shaped at the 

 base, and toothed. An 

 unpleasant odor comes 

 from all parts of the 

 plant. 



The great umbels of 

 showy white flowers 

 bloom in June. They 

 may be 1 2 inches across 

 and have 8-30 rays or 

 branches, in turn sup- 

 porting the many pedi- 

 cels. The corollas are 

 large, white, and with 

 the petals of the outer 

 flowers of each umbel- 

 let enlarged and 



notched. The fruits are oval, nearly one-half inch long and .finely 



hairy. 



The Cowbane, Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Coult. 6: Rose, is a swamp 

 plant whose smooth slender stems rise 2-6 feet from tuberous roots. 

 The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, the lower being 

 about I foot long, with commonly 9 narrow, oblong or lanceolate 

 leaflets that have widely spaced teeth at the margins. The umbel 

 is 2-4 inches broad, with 7-25 rays 1-4 inches long. The umbellets 

 are one-half to i inch in diameter, crowned with white flowers 

 having the usual incurved petals. The fruits are oval, smooth and 

 flattened on the sides, and about one-quarter inch long. 



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