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Giant Hogweed
Heracleum mantegazzianum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
common cowparsnipHeracleum maximum
hogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sosnowsky's hogweedHeracleum sosnowskyi
purple-stemmed angelicaAngelica atropurpurea
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
wild carrotDaucus carota
Persian hogweedHeracleum persicum
wild parsnipPastinaca sativa
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 126,794 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 126,146 |
| United Kingdom | 1,808 |
| England | 1,325 |
| Germany | 976 |
| Canada | 953 |
| Ontario | 738 |
| Scotland | 387 |
| Denmark | 342 |
| New York | 341 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | carrots, ivies, and allies · Apiales |
| Family | carrot family · Apiaceae |
| Genus | hogweeds · Heracleum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Giant Hogweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.