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Heracleum
1753cow parsnips
Summary
Heracleum, known colloquially as hogweed, is a genus 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 cow parsnip, cogweed and keck. The genus name Heracleum was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It derives from the Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειος (Hērákleios) "of Heracles", referring to the mythological hero....read more on Wikipedia.
116 Heracleum species found, including:
Heracleum abyssinicumHeracleum asperumHeracleum austriacumaustrian hogweed2Heracleum candicans2Heracleum dissectumdissected hogweedHeracleum lehmannianumHeracleum leskoviileskov's cow-parsnip2Heracleum ligusticifoliumHeracleum mantegazzianumgiant hogweedHeracleum maximumcommon cow parsnipHeracleum moellendorffiieast asian hogweed3Heracleum ossethicumossethian cow-parsnipHeracleum pastinacifolium1Heracleum persicumpersian hogweedHeracleum platytaeniumHeracleum pubescensHeracleum sibiricumsiberian hogweedHeracleum sosnowskyisosnowsky's hogweedHeracleum sphondyliumhogweed18Heracleum trachylomadowny cow-parsnip
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| Loading... | 0.8in | 918umol | 64% | 4mph | |
| Loading... | 1.2in | 12umol | 84% | 9mph | |
| Loading... | 0in | 18umol | 81% | 11mph | |
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