Pignut
Pignut
Latin name: Conopodium majus
Pignut is a short to medium hairless perennial which arises from an edible tuber, which pigs will root out with their snouts to eat.
It has a slightly ridged, erect stem, with feather-like upper leaves. The flowers of the Pignut are white, often brown veined on the back, in umbels of 3 to 7 cm with 6 to 12 florets.
The underground tuber is edible, but is diuretic. It was popular in previous centuries.
You can find Pignut in open woodland, rough grassland and scrub, from May to July.
It is fairly common throughout most of Britain.
Chimney Sweeper Moth larvae feed mainly on the flowers of Pignut.
Created: 8 September 2018 Edited: 8 September 2018
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