Heracleum sphondylium, Common Hogweed - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Common hogweed, Cow parsnip

Botanical name & synonyms: Heracleum sphondylium, Heracleum alpinum subsp. benearnense, Heracleum alpinum subsp. pyrenaicum, Heracleum alpinum var. pyrenaicum, Heracleum austriacum var. elegans, Heracleum ceretanum, Heracleum granatense, Heracleum longifolium, Heracleum montanum, Heracleum pyrenaicum, Heracleum setosum, Heracleum sibiricum subsp. longifolium

Family: Carrot, parsley (Apiaceae, Umbelliferae)

• native to Europe
  

• perennial
  

• 80 to 150cm
  

• flower VI to IX
  

• plant community: fresh meadow
  

• culinary herb
  

• for bees & bumblebees
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 5,5 gram