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Fam.: Apiaceae / Umbellifers  

Genus:  Heracleum  L.
 

Authors:
   SOMMIER:  Carlo Pietro Stefano Sommier (1848 - 1922), Italian botanist
   LEVIER:  Emile Levier (1839 - 1911), Swiss botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Heracleum:   Roman plant name, derived from Heracles
   mantegazzianum:   Paulo Mantegazzi (1831 - 1910), Italian anthropologist
 

The Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum comes from Asia, to Central Europe it was introduced as an attractive park plant. Often the plant runs wild at fresh or moist locations. Glands on stems and leaves secrete phototoxic oils when touched, which, if they are not washed off immediately, in combination with sunlight can form dermatoses on the human skin, which can last weeks until healing.

 

Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Korb 17.6.2017
Fig. 1:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Korb 17.6.2017
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Korb 17.6.2017
Fig. 2:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Korb 17.6.2017
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Korb 17.6.2017
Fig. 3:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Korb 17.6.2017
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Korb 17.6.2017
Fig. 4:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Korb 17.6.2017
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Fig. 5:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Fig. 6:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Fig. 7:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Fig. 8:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Fig. 9:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Fig. 10:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Darmstadt 25.6.2006
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lorsch 7.4.2014
Fig. 11:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lorsch 7.4.2014
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Heidelberg 4.10.2006
Fig. 12:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Heidelberg 4.10.2006
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 13:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 14:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 15:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 16:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 17:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 18:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 19:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Fig. 20:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Lützelbach 16.7.2016
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Mülheim (Ruhr) - Saarn 28.9.2017
Fig. 21:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
D Mülheim (Ruhr) - Saarn 28.9.2017
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Bochum 9.9.2020
Fig. 22:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed (at the bank of the Ruhr)
D Bochum 9.9.2020
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Bochum 9.9.2020
Fig. 23:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed (at the bank of the Ruhr)
D Bochum 9.9.2020
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, D Bochum 9.9.2020
Fig. 24:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed (at the bank of the Ruhr)
D Bochum 9.9.2020
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, A Tragöß 4.7.2019
Fig. 25:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
A Tragöß 4.7.2019
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, A Tragöß 4.7.2019
Fig. 26:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
A Tragöß 4.7.2019
Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed, A Tragöß 4.7.2019
Fig. 27:  Heracleum mantegazzianum / Giant Hogweed
A Tragöß 4.7.2019

 


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