Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) cleaning its nose on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to and catching a fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Mediterranean sea holly / Pyrenean eryngo (Eryngium bourgatii) flowering on montane pastureland, Covadonga, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.

Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachysphex costae) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.

Edwin Giesbers / Umbellifer (Scaligeria napiformis / Bunium napiforme) flowering, close-up. Cyprus. April.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Hedge parsley (Torilis japonica) at sunset, silhouetted against sun, England, January.

Pascal Tordeux,Pascal Tordeux / Lime tree in a field of carrots, Sissone, Picardy, France, June

Theo Bosboom / Dead Angelica (Angelica sp) in the snow, Skaftafell, Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland, February

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flower head against white background. Scotland, UK, August.

Colin Varndell / Frost crystals on Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) seeds. Dorset, UK. January

Edwin Giesbers / Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing in sand dune, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Sandra Bartocha / Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria), Saxon Switzerland National Park, Saxony, Germany.

Niall Benvie / Photograph of flowering Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga) manipulated and text added to represent illustrated book page. Scotland, UK, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota carota) flower, Høvblege, Møn, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Two Italian stink bugs (Graphosoma italicum) on Mediterranean hartwort (Tordylium apulum) Falassarna, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Giant fennel (Ferula communis) plants in flower, Kaplica, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Giant fennel (Ferula communis) flower, Kaplica, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Perfoliate alexanders (Smyrnium perfoliatum) flowers and Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) Bastasi area, Northern Livanjsko Polje (karst plateau) Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Alpine lovage (Ligusticum mutellina) stem, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Alpine lovage (Ligusticum mutellina) flower head with one cluster in focus, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Alpine lovage (Ligusticum mutellina) flower head, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Queen anne’s lace / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) flower, Stenje region, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Abstract Alpine lovage (Ligusticum mutellina) flower head, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) growing in woodland, Slitere National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / Lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) in breeding plumage, perched on Cow parsely (Anthriscus sylvetris) Nemunas Regional Reserve, Lithuania, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / Cow parsely (Anthriscus sylvestris) in damp flower meadow at dawn, Nemunas regional Reserve, Lithuania, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / Cow parsely (Anthriscus sylvetris) in damp meadow, Lithuania, June 2009

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Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Eryngium dilatatum in flower, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009 WWE BOOK. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Niall Benvie / Two Carrots (Daucus carota) intertwined, crossed over while they were growing, Wester Ross, Scotland, October

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Giant Fennel (Ferula communis) in flower, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Jose B. Ruiz / Giant fennel {Ferula communis} at dusk, Spain.

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Wild carrot plant (Daucus carota), Europe. When ripe, the seeds form a concave umbel unlike the flat umbel of the flower when in bloom. Spines on the seeds attach to the furry feet of mammals...

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar on fennel, Netherlands

Mark Moffett / Giant Weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) female being fed a carrot by researcher Mike Meades, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand

Linda Pitkin / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) on road verge. Surrey, England, UK. March.

Linda Pitkin / Wild carrot (Daucus carota). Surrey, England, UK. March.

Robin Chittenden / Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) perched on Umbellifer (Apiaceae) stem. Waxham, Norfolk, England, UK. September.

Robin Chittenden / Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) perched on Umbellifer (Apiaceae). Waxham, Norfolk, England, UK. September.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Masterwort (Imperatoria ostruthium). Dolomites, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Masterwort (Imperatoria ostruthium). Dolomites, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hairy chervil (Chaerophyllum hirsutum) umbel. Dolomites, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hairy chervil (Chaerophyllum hirsutum) umbel. Dolomites, Italy. June.

Sandra Bartocha / Wild carrot (Daucus carota), Germany

Nigel Cattlin / A green manure mustard crop used as a windbreak and for protection against soil erosion in a fenland carrot crop, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.