cow parsnip

cow parsnip
any of several tall, coarse plants of the genus Heracleum, of the parsley family, as H. sphondylium or H. lanatum, having large, flat clusters of white flowers.
[1540-50]

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 broadly, any plant of the genus Heracleum, in the parsley family (Apiaceae). The genus comprises about 60 species, which are distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and on tropical mountains. Cow parsnips are perennials, often several feet high, with large compound leaves and broad clusters of white or purplish flowers. H. sphondylium (eltrot, hogweed, or common cow parsnip [see photograph—>]), native to Eurasia, is now naturalized in eastern North America. H. mantegazzianum, the giant hogweed, is native to the Caucasus but is grown elsewhere as an ornamental. This striking plant can attain a height of 4 m (about 13 feet) and has a stout red-spotted stem and a white inflorescence up to 0.5 m in diameter. For species of the genus Sium, see water parsnip.

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