Giant Hogweed Information & Identification

Member of the Parsley/Carrot family, resembling common Cow Parsley. Plants can grow up to and over 6m in height, whilst stems can measure up to 10cm in diameter. Can produce up to 1,500 seeds per flower-head. Introduced into the UK as a garden curiosity. Heracleum mantegazzianum was first recorded on the seed list of the Botanic Gardens at Kew in 1817; introduced into the wild in 1828 (in Cambridgeshire).

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