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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Heracleum sphondylium L. [Apiaceae]
Taxonomic source and confidence: 
World Checklist: unpublished records ( Two stars out of three )
Information about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
See all 24
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal plant reference:
bear's breech Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
belleraca Other Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
berce Other Les Fleurs Sauvages (Grey-Wilson, 1995)
Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
björnloka Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
blanc ursine Other Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
bärenklau Other Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
common cow parsnip Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cow parsley Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cow-parsnip Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eltrot Other Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
heltrot Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
heracleum sphondylium Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
herkuleskraut Other Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
hogweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
masterwort Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
meadow-parsnip Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ursina Other Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)