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Pignut
Conopodium
majus
Pignut is in the
Carrot family, the
Apiaceae. The
twice-pinnate
leaves have deeplycut
leaflets with
linear segments.
The tiny, white
flowers are
numerous and
displayed in manyrayed
terminal
‘umbels’. The plant
name refers to its
edible tubers.
Common in
meadows and
pastures and an
indicator of longestablished
grasslands.
Fiona Gomersall
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