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Apiaceae

8-Flowers

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This is a simple umbel in wild parsnip, Pastinaca sativa. Note the large stylopodium, which is an enlarged style base that secretes nectar.

Photo by K. R. Robertson from plants cultivated at the Illinois Natural History Survey.

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