Summary description from Wikipedia:

Heracleum maximum in languages:

Chinese

牛防風

English

common cowparsnip

English

cow parsnip

English

American cowparsnip

English

giant hogweed

English

Indian celery

French

berce laineuse

Japanese

オオハナウド

Japanese

ツルギハナウド

Portuguese

Cherovia-de-vaca-americana

Russian

Борщевик большой

Russian

Борщевик шерстистый

Russian

Борщевик сладкий

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Parent Taxon

• Heracleum

Sibling Taxa

• Heracleum abyssinicum
• Heracleum antasiaticum
• Heracleum apiifolium
• Heracleum asperum
• Heracleum austriacum
• Heracleum bhutanicum
• Heracleum candicans
• Heracleum carpaticum
• Heracleum chorodanum
• Heracleum dalgadianum
• Heracleum dissectum
• Heracleum egrissicum
• Heracleum elgonense
• Heracleum freynianum
• Heracleum granatense
• Heracleum grande
• Heracleum grandiflorum
• Heracleum humile
• Heracleum lehmannianum
• Heracleum leskovii
• Heracleum ligusticifolium
• Heracleum mantegazzianum
• Heracleum maximum
• Heracleum moellendorffii
• Heracleum nepalense
• Heracleum olgae
• Heracleum orphanidis
• Heracleum ossethicum
• Heracleum persicum
• Heracleum platytaenium
• Heracleum ponticum
• Heracleum pubescens
• Heracleum pumilum
• Heracleum rawianum
• Heracleum roseum
• Heracleum scabrum
• Heracleum sommieri
• Heracleum sosnowskyi
• Heracleum sphondylium
• Heracleum stevenii
• Heracleum taylorii
• Heracleum wallichii

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