Apiaceae
Common cowparsnip
Heracleum maximum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Heracleum
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Heracleum maximumApiaceae
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- هرقلية صوفية
- arz
- هرقليه صوفيه
- Chinese
- 北美独活
- English
- Common cowparsnip, American cow-parsnip, Cow parsnip, Indian celery, Indian rhubarb, Pushki
- French
- Berce laineuse
- Japanese
- オオハナウド
- nv
- Azeeʼ haagaii
- Ukrainian
- Борщівник велетенський
Synonyms
- Heracleum auritum Bisch.
- Heracleum barbatum var. turugisanense (Honda) M.Hiroe
- Heracleum douglasii DC.
- Heracleum dulce Fisch.
- Heracleum lanatum Michx.
- Heracleum lanatum f. dissectum (H.Ohba) T.Yamaz.
- Heracleum lanatum f. rubriflorum (H.Ohba) T.Yamaz.
- Heracleum lanatum subsp. asiaticum M.Hiroe
- Heracleum lanatum var. asiaticum (M.Hiroe) H.Hara
- Heracleum moellendorffii var. turugisanense (Honda) Ohwi
- Heracleum sphondylium f. dissectum H.Ohba
- Heracleum sphondylium f. rubriflorum H.Ohba
- Heracleum sphondylium subsp. lanatum (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Heracleum sphondylium var. lanatum (Michx.) Dorn
- Heracleum sphondylium var. tsurugisanense (Honda) H.Ohba
- Heracleum tsurugisanense Honda
- Heracleum turugisanense Honda
- Pastinaca lanata (Michx.) Koso-Pol.
- Sphondylium lanatum Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.