Taxon: Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier

A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CT*, FL*, MA*, NC*, NH*, OH*°, OR*, PA*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• cartwheel-flower   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• giant hogweed   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed14; M. G. Pimenov, pers. comm. 1996; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide comm. Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec; web document)
  

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View toxicology references for Heracleum mantegazzianum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Caucasus: Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia

• naturalized in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, United States, & Canada

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
• Ochsmann, J. 1996. Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (Apiaceae) in Deutschland. Untersuchungen zur Biologie, Verbreitung, Morphologie und Taxonomie. Feddes Repert. 107:557–595.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Heracleum mantegazzianum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Heracleum mantegazzianum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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