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Hogweed


Flower and leaf of Cow Parsnip
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Apiales
Family:Apiaceae
Genus:Heracleum
Species
See text (about 60)

Heracleum, the hogweeds, is a genus of about 60 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of biennial and perennial herbs in the Apiaceae ( carrot family). They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and high mountains as far south as Ethiopia.


Major species include:

1 Species

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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HogweedSee text (about 60) Heracleum the hogweeds is a genus of about 60 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of biennial and perennial herbs in the Apiaceae ( carrot family). They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and high mounta  
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