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Pignut (Syn. Earthnut) from Umbellifer Family

Botanical Name

Conopodium majus

Soil

Fields, Meadows and Woods in sandy soil throughout the British Isles except on chalk and in fens

Sun Aspect

Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Dry

Plant Type

Slender, often little-branched, hairless perennial with a hollow stem arising from a rounded brown edible tuber

Height x Spread in feet

1.5 x 0.5

Foliage

Dark green delicate 2-3-pinnate leaves ending in a distinct point, the margins hairy

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed

White in May-June followed by narrow-ovoid beaked fruits

Comment

Available as seed from John Chambers' Wild Flower Seeds