This section is from the book "British Wild Flowers In The Four Seasons", by Thomas Moore. Also available from Amazon: British Wild Flowers.
H. Sphondylium: stems four feet high, coarse, rough with short stiff hairs; leaves very large, pinnate, with 3-7 large broad segments, which are three-lobed or pinnatifid and toothed; umbels large, flattish, of about twenty rays; outer petals much larger than the rest; carpels nearly orbicular, flat. - Hogweed. - Pastures, hedges, and thickets. Fl. July.
 
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