Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Very variable tall and stout, up to 3m tall, hairless or roughly hairy, stalks ridged. Leaves made up of broad, toothed leaflets and stalks expanded to a sheath. Flowers white or pink, in an umbrella-shaped cluster up to 20cm across, petals of outer flowers larger; April-November. Fruit flattened, elliptical to rounded.

Good examples along the southern margin of first two meadows.

Spotters' score: 2

ref: p.170/1

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Hogweed