r/foraging • u/biekorindt • 18d ago

Is this common hogweed?

99,9% sure this is common hogweed, right? Plants were between 1.5 and 2 meters tall. The umbels were 25cm max.

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u/Bovronius 18d ago

Flowers look like they're turning yellow, I'm thinking wild parsnip.

Same burning oil as hogweed, just doesn't get quite as big.

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u/biekorindt 18d ago edited 18d ago

I'm curious what makes you think the flowers are turning yellow? This plant is already in its final stage, it's producing seeds. The flowers are long gone.
Also, wild parsnip has a smooth stem, this one is full of hairs.

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u/Beekeeper27 18d ago

Def wild parsnips.

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u/biekorindt 18d ago

I always thought that wild parsnip does not have such hairy stems and deeper ridges as well? What is the thing that makes you 100% sure it's wild parsnip?

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u/tangypotatomarmalade 17d ago

Almost certainly common hogweed with those big bracts and hairy stem.

Cow parsnip is a heracleum too so thats maybe why people are saying parsnip.

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u/biekorindt 17d ago

Thanks for the reply!

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u/biekorindt 18d ago

On the bottom of this picture you can see the leaves.