Common Hogweed
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| Heracleum sphondylium Heracleum sphondylium
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| Heracleum sphondylium L. |
Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae, which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. It prefers rich humid soils. It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum).
In Europe there are nine named subspecies.
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