Plant Details

Accepted name:: Heracleum sphondylium L. [Apiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 15

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. algeriense (Coss. ex Batt. & Trab.) Dobignard

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. alpinum (L.) Bonnier & Layens

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. artvinense (Manden.) P.H.Davis

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. aurasiacum (Maire) Dobignard

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. elegans (Crantz) Schübl. & G.Martens

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. embergeri Maire

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. granatense (Boiss.) Briq.

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. orsinii (Guss.) H.Neumayer

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. pyrenaicum (Lam.) Bonnier & Layens

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. suaveolens (Litard. & Maire) Dobignard

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. ternatum (Velen.) Brummitt

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. transsilvanicum (Schur) Brummitt

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. trifoliolatum (Blanch.) Kerguélen

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. verticillatum (Pančić) Brummitt

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bear's breech	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
björnloka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
common cow parsnip	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
cow parsley	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
cow parsnip	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cow-parsnip	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eltrot	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
grande berce	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
heltrot	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
heracleum sphondylium	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
heracleum sphondylium whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
hogweed	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
masterwort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
meadow parsnip	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
meadow-parsnip	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
parsnip, cow	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
small hogswart	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pastinaca sphondylium (L.) Calest. Webbia 1: 244 (1905).
Sphondylium vulgare Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 520 (1821 publ. 1822).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Heracleum sphondylium	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Heracleum sphondylium L.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Heracleum sphondylium

Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

Heracleum sphondylium L.

Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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