[Solved] Plant/weed ID please - Lovage

Hello to all
Do you have a name for this plant that is growing in a neighbour’s garden? The first idea I had was Giant Hogweed.

Sorry for the quality

Thanks in advance.

 

You would know giant hogweed very quickly - it grows to metres high. Bit early for it anyway.
It looks like the ordinary one, which isn't a problem. Can't see the foliage properly though.

Have a look here
Common Hogweed – Identification, Edibility, Distribution – Galloway Wild Foods

 

Thanks @fairygirl Looks however similar, and it is 2 meters high already.

Here are better images.

 

I can’t see the leaves clearly but to me they look nothing like either the Giant or Common Hogweeds.

From what I can see my best bet is a parsnip that’s been left in the ground overwinter and is now producing a flower head. Apparently they were used as ornamentals in a Chelsea garden a few years ago.

Another thought is flat leaved parsley that is running to seed.

More photographs, including one of the base of the plant, would give us a better chance of a firmer ID.

ETA yet another thought is a lovage flower spike.

 

Reminds me of parsley too

 

I believe you nailed it @Dovefromabove
Compairing Hogweed and Lovage, it looks like Lovage.
Thanks a lot.

I just wanted to make sure that there is no trouble ahead.

 

My neighbour has obviously a giant what is called Maggikraut in German, the stuff they make Maggi from, Liebstöckel (lovage)

 

I had a massive lovage plant in a previous garden … well over 7’. I keep meaning to find room for one here … as you say it’s so useful in soup, and I make a lot of soup.

 

Lovage I know and mine does not have stork anything like that monster, it's round and smooth. Mind you the leaves do look the same.

 

I didn't see your other pix till later @simone_in_wiltshire - but when I did, I could see they weren't right for hogweed.
I don't grow lovage or parsley, so I wouldn't have known those. That's great that the others have helped you out, and most importantly - you don't need to worry about it being any kind of problem