Hogweed

9cm Pot, Seed Packet, Seeds (per gram), Wildflower Plugs

Heracleum sphondylium. Large white umbellifer flowers often tinged pink. Seed is useful bird feed in winter

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Latin Name: Heracleum sphondylium

Common Name(s): Hogweed

Plant Type: Biennial

Habitat: Sun

Colour:

White

Height:

60-120cm

Flowering Time:

June - October

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Description

Commonly known as hogweed, common hogweed or cow parsnip, The plant provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators. The plant is common in grassland, herb-rich meadows, in hedges, meadows and woods, road verges and railway embankments, waste and cultivated ground. The young shoots are considered excellent eating by many foragers.

Hogweed flowers in umbels and contact with the plant can cause skin irritation or skin lesions. Unlike the giant hogweed, the common hogweed grows to a smaller height of 1.2 metres tall. The smooth stems stand straight with white flowers sitting atop.

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Country of Origin

GB

Flowering Time

June, July, August, September, October

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