Heracleum (plant)

Heracleum
The Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) in Oslo, Norway, looking closely some flowers are already seeding while some still in flower.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Heracleum L.
Species
see text
Synonyms[1]
Barysoma Sphondylium Wendtia

Heracleum is a genus of 91 species of plants in the Apiaceae family.

Heracleum is native to Eurasia, Central Africa, Sudan and most of North America. The three species Heracleum mantegazzianum, Heracleum sosnowskyi and Heracleum persicum are invasive in Europe and North America (Heracleum mantegazzianum).^[2]

H. sphondylium and H. mantegazzianum are similar so in some areas it can make a hybrid.^[3]

Here are species accepted by Plants of the World Online.^[4]

• Heracleum austriacum
• Heracleum sosnowskyi
• Heracleum sphondylium
• Heracleum mantegazzianum
• Heracleum pastinaca
• Heracleum persicum

1. ↑ "Heracleum L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
2. ↑ Koniklec, Ekocentrum (2015-11-03). "Bolševník velkolepý v Praze? Kde na něj můžeme narazit? - Ekocentrum Koniklec" (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-09-24.
3. ↑ "BOLŠEVNÍK JE VELKOLEPÝ". Zahrádkářův rok (in Czech). 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference :0 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

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