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 hogweeds and cow parsnip.
Major species include:
Note that this is a full list of the 187 names described in the genus; the majority of these names ...
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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 hogweeds and cow parsnip.
Major species include:
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.
Many plants in the parsley family look similar to hogweeds, with white flowers in compound umbels, as do some in the daisy family (Asteraceae). Plants confused with Heracleum include the hemlocks (Conium) and water hemlocks (Cicuta) which are highly poisonous.
Water parsnip (Sium suave), which is not poisonous is also similar in appearance.
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) in the daisy family also has many small white flowers in its inflorescence, but the leaves are pinnately...
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