Heracleum (plant)
| Heracleum | |
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| Flower and leaf of Cow Parsnip | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: |
Heracleum L. |
| Species | |
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See text (about 60) |
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See text (about 60)
Heracleum is a genus of about 60 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of biennial and perennial herbs in the carrot family Apiaceae. They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and in high mountains as far south as Ethiopia. Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed and cow parsnip.
Major species include:
Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lanatum)
Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
Sosnowskyi hogweed (Heracleum sosnowskyi)
Note that this is a full list of the 187 names described in the genus; the majority of these names are treated as synonyms of earlier-described species by most botanists.
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