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Taxon:  Heracleum sphondylium L. subsp. montanum (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Briq.



Summary
Genus:
Heracleum
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Tordylieae
Subtribe:
Tordyliinae
Nomen number:
319140
Place of publication:
H. Schinz & R. Keller, Fl. Schweiz ed. 2, 1:372. 1905
Verified:
12/09/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Heracleum sphondylium L. (0 active accession[s])
Heracleum sphondylium L. subsp. sibiricum (L.) Simonk. (0 active accession[s])
Heracleum sphondylium L. subsp. sphondylium (0 active accession[s])
Heracleum sphondylium L. subsp. ternatum (Velen.) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Heracleum sphondylium L. subsp. transsilvanicum (Schur) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Heracleum montanum Schleich. ex Gaudin

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Heracleum lanatum Michx.
Heracleum maximum W. Bartram
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Reference(s)
  1. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1971. Relationship of Heracleum lanatum Michx. of North America to H. sphondylium of Europe. Rhodora 73:580.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Foster, S. & C. Hobbs. A field guide to Western medicinal plants and herbs. 2002
  5. Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
  6. Kindscher, K. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie: an ethnobotanical guide. 1992
  7. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  9. Moore, M. Medicinal plants of the mountain west, ed. 2. 2003
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  12. Voss, E. Michigan flora. 1972-
  13. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
English
American cow-parsnip –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Hungary
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy, Romania, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319140. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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