Heracleum mantegazzianum

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Internal ID UUID644020390d8f3658433121
Scientific name Heracleum mantegazzianum
Authority Sommier & Levier
First published in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , n.s., 2: 79 (1895)

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Common products:
The plant has minimal documented commercial applications. Limited use exists for research specimens in botanical collections and as a reference species for invasive species management studies.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No established food or beverage applications are documented for this species.

Industrial and craft applications:
No significant industrial or craft uses have been documented. The plant's phototoxic properties and invasive nature preclude most applications.

Wood and fiber:
No wood or fiber applications are documented for this species.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No fragrance or cosmetic applications are documented.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented use for dyes, inks, or tanning applications.

Properties relevant to use:
The species is primarily documented as a significant ecological concern due to its invasive characteristics and phototoxic sap properties, limiting potential applications.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Due to its status as a regulated invasive species in many regions, harvesting or cultivation for any purpose is generally not recommended and may be prohibited in certain jurisdictions.

Note: This species is primarily recognized for its ecological impact rather than commercial applications.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Pastinaca mantegaziana Koso-Pol. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou , n.s., 29: 113 (1915 publ. 1916)
Heracleum circassicum Manden. Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 28: 22 (1970)
Heracleum grossheimii Manden. Caucas. Sp. Gen. Heracl. : 47 (1950)
Heracleum montegazzianum Sommier & Levier Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1895: 43 (1895)

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Language Common/alternative name
English cartwheel-flower
English giant hogweed
English mantegazzi's cow-parsnip
English wild rhubarb
English wild parsnip
English giant cow parsley
English hogsbane
English giant cow parsnip
English giant russian hogweed
English giant hog weed
Spanish heracleum grossheimii
Spanish peregil gigante
Spanish perejil gigante
Spanish heracleum circassicum
Arabic هرقلية مانتغازية
Bulgarian девисил
Bosnian gigantski svinjski korov
Catalan berce du caucase
Czech bolševník velkolepý
Welsh efwr enfawr
Danish kæmpe-bjørneklo
German riesen-bärenklau
German herkulesstaude
German herkuleskraut
German berce du caucase
German riesenbärenklau
Estonian hiid-karuputk
Finnish kaukasian jättiputki
Finnish kaukasianjättiputki
French berce des prés
French berce du caucase
Irish feabhrán capaill
gd odharan mòr
Croatian divovski svinjski korov
Hungarian kaukázusi medvetalp
Indonesian rhubarb liar
Indonesian lobak liar
Indonesian hogweed raksasa rusia
Indonesian hogweed raksasa
Icelandic tröllahvönn
Icelandic tröllajurt
Italian panace di mantegazzi
Japanese ジャイアント・ホグウィード
Japanese バイカルハナウド
Georgian მანტეგაცის დიყი
Korean 만테가지아눔어수리
lb risebiereklo
Lithuanian mantegacio barštis
Lithuanian berce du caucase
Latvian mantegaca latvānis
Macedonian џиновска мечкина шепа
Norwegian Bokmål kjempebjørnekjeks
Norwegian Bokmål kjempebjørnkjeks
Norwegian Bokmål bjørnkjeks
Norwegian Bokmål bjønnkjeks
Dutch reuzenbereklauw
Dutch reuzebereklauw
Dutch reuzenberenklauw
Norwegian Nynorsk kjempebjørnekjeks
os Билбатук
Polish barszcz mantegazyjski
Polish barszcz mantegazziego
Polish barszcz mantegazzyiego
Polish barszcz kaukaski
Russian Борщевик Мантегацци
Russian Борщевик Мантегации
Serbo-Croatian gigantski svinjski korov
Slovak boľševník obrovský
Slovenian orjaški dežen
Serbian Гигантски свињски коров
Swedish jätteloka
Swedish jättebjörnloka
Swedish berce du caucase
Walloon paxhnåde do cocaze
Walloon grande paxhnåde
Chinese 大豕草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Central European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Romania
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000720133
Tropicos 1702838
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842999-1
IPNI 842999-1
GBIF 3630140
Tropicos 1702842
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:843042-1
Open Tree Of Life 1018497
NCBI Taxonomy 542657
IPNI 843042-1
iNaturalist 774136
GBIF 3629665
UNII OAC40C37XX
Canadensys 2582
USDA Plants HEMA17
Tropicos 1700135
INPN 101286
Flora of Italy 3649
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:843084-1
The Plant List kew-2846056
Missouri Botanical Garden 275991
Open Tree Of Life 761019
Observations.org 6854
NCBI Taxonomy 380077
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003711
Nature Serve 2.153454
IUCN Red List 200211
IPNI 843084-1
iNaturalist 130228
GBIF 3034825
Freebase /m/034xkj
WisFlora 10524
FEIS plants/forb/herman
EPPO HERMZ
EOL 487370
Elurikkus 5049
Calflora (Californian flora) 13664
US Library of Congress sh96010868
USDA GRIN 18896
Wikipedia Heracleum_mantegazzianum
CMAUP NPO15738

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_978760985.1 drHerMant1.hap1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2026-02-26 73 1.50 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Heat Treatment of Seeds to Control Invasive Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Narrow-Leaved Ragwort (Senecio inaequidens) and Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) Hall RM, Urban B, Durec N, Renner-Martin K, Kaul HP, Wagentristl H, Karrer G Plants (Basel) 23-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10856870
doi:10.3390/plants13030341
PMID:38337874
Do Poisonous Plants in Pastures Communicate Their Toxicity? Meta-Study and Evaluation of Poisoning Cases in Central Europe Aboling S Animals (Basel) 08-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10740430
doi:10.3390/ani13243795
PMID:38136831
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Strategies for the Management of Aggressive Invasive Plant Species Lorenzo P, Morais MC Plants (Basel) 28-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10346621
doi:10.3390/plants12132482
PMID:37447043
Efficient Separation of the Methoxyfuranocoumarins Peucedanin, 8-Methoxypeucedanin, and Bergapten by Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) Bartnik M Molecules 17-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9967691
doi:10.3390/molecules28041923
PMID:36838916
Free and Esterified Tocopherols, Tocotrienols and Other Extractable and Non-Extractable Tocochromanol-Related Molecules: Compendium of Knowledge, Future Perspectives and Recommendations for Chromatographic Techniques, Tools, and Approaches Used for Tocochromanol Determination Górnaś P, Baškirovs G, Siger A Molecules 04-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9573122
doi:10.3390/molecules27196560
PMID:36235100
In vitro antimicrobial activity, antibioresistance reversal properties, and toxicity screen of ethanolic extracts of Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier and Levier (giant hogweed), Centaurea jacea L. (brown knapweed), and Chenopodium album L. (Pigweed): Three invasive plants Arsene MM, Viktorovna PI, Mikhaïlovitch MK, Davares AK, Parfait K, Rehailia M, Nikolayevich SA, Stefanovna GV, Sarra S, Sulikoevich KZ, Anatolyevna CZ, Shommiya D Open Vet J 25-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9473375
doi:10.5455/OVJ.2022.v12.i4.22
PMID:36118725
Evolution of plasticity prevents postinvasion extinction of a native forb Dostál P Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 01-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9371648
doi:10.1073/pnas.2118866119
PMID:35914140
Enhanced Apiaceous Potyvirus Phylogeny, Novel Viruses, and New Country and Host Records from Sequencing Apiaceae Samples Fox A, Gibbs AJ, Fowkes AR, Pufal H, McGreig S, Jones RA, Boonham N, Adams IP Plants (Basel) 27-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9370115
doi:10.3390/plants11151951
PMID:35956429
Phytophotodermatitis bullosa in an elderly patient Jermendy G, Visolyi G Postepy Dermatol Alergol 14-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9326936
doi:10.5114/ada.2022.117538
PMID:35950114
Viability of Wildflower Seeds After Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion in Lab-Scale Biogas Reactors Hahn J, Westerman PR, de Mol F, Heiermann M, Gerowitt B Front Plant Sci 14-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9337220
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.942346
PMID:35909787
Effect of Rudbeckia laciniata invasion on soil seed banks of different types of meadow communities Jędrzejczak E, Klichowska E, Nobis M Sci Rep 29-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9242978
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-14681-1
PMID:35768488
Photodermatitis and ocular changes in nine horses after ingestion of wild parsnip (pastinaca sativa) Winter JC, Thieme K, Eule JC, Saliu EM, Kershaw O, Gehlen H BMC Vet Res 26-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8881838
doi:10.1186/s12917-022-03162-2
PMID:35219345
Abstracts from Trainee Research Event 5th November 2020 N/A Ulster Med J 11-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8581663
Shift in competitive ability mediated by soil biota in an invasive plant Huang F, Huang Q, Gan X, Zhang W, Guo Y, Huang Y Ecol Evol 02-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8668795
doi:10.1002/ece3.8287
PMID:34938466

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
(E,8S)-heptadec-9-en-4,6-diyn-8-ol 163084096 Click to see 246.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(73)85081-2
(Z,8S)-heptadec-9-en-4,6-diyn-8-ol 163084095 Click to see 246.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(73)85081-2
Heptadec-9-en-4,6-diyn-8-ol 560920 Click to see CCCCCCCC=CC(C#CC#CCCC)O 246.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(73)85081-2
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
gamma-Sitosterol 457801 Click to see 414.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives
5,7-Dimethoxycoumarin 2775 Click to see 206.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/1388-0209(200009)3841-AFT308
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Angular furanocoumarins
Pimpinellin 4825 Click to see 246.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/1388-0209(200009)3841-AFT308
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Psoralens
Imperatorin 10212 Click to see 270.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/1388-0209(200009)3841-AFT308
Psoralen 6199 Click to see 186.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1989.TB04747.X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Psoralens / 5-methoxypsoralens
Bergapten 2355 Click to see COC1=C2C=CC(=O)OC2=CC3=C1C=CO3 216.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1989.TB04747.X
https://doi.org/10.1076/1388-0209(200009)3841-AFT308
Phellopterin 98608 Click to see CC(=CCOC1=C2C(=C(C3=C1OC(=O)C=C3)OC)C=CO2)C 300.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/ARDP.19652981008
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Psoralens / 8-methoxypsoralens
Isopimpinellin 68079 Click to see COC1=C2C=COC2=C(C3=C1C=CC(=O)O3)OC 246.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/1388-0209(200009)3841-AFT308
Methoxsalen 4114 Click to see COC1=C2C(=CC3=C1OC=C3)C=CC(=O)O2 216.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/1388-0209(200009)3841-AFT308
https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1989.TB04747.X

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