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Identity

Common Name
Scientific Name Heracleum maximum
Type plant
Sub-population Note

Taxonomy

External IDs

NCBI Tax ID 40918
GBIF ID 3034826
IUCN ID

Biology & Ecology

Description Heracleum maximum, commonly known as cow parsnip, is the only member of the genus Heracleum native to North America. It is also known as American cow-parsnip, Satan celery, Indian celery, Indian rhubarb, poison turnip or pushki.
Habitat

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References

Reference NCBI Taxonomy ID: 40918
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=40918

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Heracleum maximum

Record ID: 55

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