Great Pignut | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Apiales

Family:

Apiaceae (Carrot)

Also in this family:

Alexanders, Bladder-seed, Bur Chervil, Burnet-saxifrage, Cambridge Milk Parsley, Caraway, Common Hogweed, Coriander, Corky-fruited Water Dropwort, Corn Parsley, Cow Parsley, Cowbane, Creeping Marshwort, Cumin, Edible Carrot, False Thorow-wax, Field Eryngo, Fine-leaved Water Dropwort, Fool's Parsley, Fool's Watercress, Garden Angelica, Garden Parsley, Giant Fennel, Giant Hogweed, Greater Burnet-saxifrage, Greater Water Parsnip, Ground Elder, Hartwort, Hemlock, Hemlock Water Dropwort, Hog's Fennel, Honewort, Knotted Hedge Parsley, Lesser Marshwort, Lesser Water Parsnip, Longleaf, Masterwort, Milk Parsley, Moon Carrot, Parsley Water Dropwort, Pepper-saxifrage, Pignut, Pink Masterwort, River Water Dropwort, Rock Samphire, Rough Chervil, Sanicle, Scots Lovage, Sea Carrot, Sea Holly, Shepherd's Needle, Shrubby Hare's-ear, Siberian Hogweed, Slender Hare's-ear, Small Hare's-ear, Spignel, Spreading Hedge Parsley, Stone Parsley, Sulphurwort, Sweet Cicely, Thorow-wax, Tubular Water Dropwort, Upright Hedge Parsley, Whorled Caraway, Wild Angelica, Wild Carrot, Wild Celery, Wild Fennel, Wild Parsnip

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

60 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Farmland, grassland, hedgerows, roadsides, scrub.

Flower:

White, 5 petals

The flowers are small and appear inside umbels. Pollinated by insects.

Fruit:

The fruits are oblong and ridged. Similar to Pignut (Conopodium majus) but the fruit are more ridged. The seeds mature in July and August.

Leaves:

An erect, deciduous perennial plant with 2 to 3-pinnate leaves and narrow, linear leaflets. Similar in appearance to the much more common Pignut (Conopodium majus) but taller and more stout. Most frequent on chalk turf.

Other Names:

Black Caraway, Black Cumin, Blackseed, Cat Nut, Devil's Oatmeal, Earth Chestnut, Earth-nut, Fare Nut, Great Earthnut, Hare Nut, Hog Nut, Kipper Nut, Mountain Cumin, Pig Nut, Pignut, St Anthony's Nut, Wild Cumin.

Frequency (UK):

Rarely seen

Similar Species:

Pignut