In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
| In message
| , Des
| Higgins writes
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| A member of what used to be call Umbelliferae (named now presumably
| changed); it is an umbellifer, probably a wild one. Which one, I
| cannot easily tell without seeing leaves or looking at pictures. Common
| examples from roadsides and meadows are cow parsely and hedge parsley
| (Heracleum and Anthriscus).
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| Umbelliferae remains accepted, but Apiaceae is commonly preferred.

Er, don't you mean "officially preferred"? Yes, Google has more hits
for the latter, but I think that you will find that most laymen who
use either use the former.

| On the point of vernacular names cow parsley is usually applied to
| Anthriscus sylvestris; ...

Also, loosely, to any of the Umbelliferae that look similar.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.