Appearance
Alexanders is a stout biennial growing to 150 centimetres high, with a solid stem which becomes hollow and grooved with age. The leaves are bluntly toothed, the segments ternately divided the segments flat, not fleshy.
Distribution
Alexanders is native to continental Europe and has long been naturalised in Britain and Ireland where it is widely dispersed and - in addition to other disturbed habitats - commonly found on the sites of medieval monastery gardens as a persistent relic of former cultivation.Irish localities include: Counties Down, Antrim and Londonderry and throughout most of Ireland.
Habitat
The plant is common on waste ground and field margins, especially near the sea, where it may also be found on cliff paths and near the shore.References:
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