Gary K. Smith / Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) in flower on sandy beach, North Cornwall coast, England, UK, May.

Nigel Cattlin / Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) dense white umbel with insects and a single dark red maroon floret in the centre. Berkshire, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) dense white umbel with insects and a single dark red maroon floret in the centre.

Nigel Cattlin / Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) yellow star-shaped flowers with ray and disc florets, some older and darker. Poisonous to livestock, Berkshire, July

Nigel Cattlin / Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) yellow star-shaped flowers with ray and disc florets, some older and darker. Poisonous to livestock, Berkshire, July

Nigel Cattlin / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) foliage with green fern-like, leaves on roadside verge, Berkshire, May

Nigel Cattlin / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) foliage with green, fern-like, leaves on roadside verge, Berkshire, May

Nigel Cattlin / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) stem node on wild umbellifer, Berkshire, England, UK. June

Nigel Cattlin / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) purple tinted, ridged stem node of common roadside umbellifer in spring

Nigel Cattlin / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) section through hollow ridged smooth-haired stem, June, Berkshire

Nigel Cattlin / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) purple tinted, ridged stem node. Berkshire, England, UK, May.

Nigel Cattlin / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) section through hollow ridged smooth-haired stem, June, Berkshire