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Taxon:  Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier



Summary
Genus:
Heracleum
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Tordylieae
Subtribe:
Tordyliinae
Nomen number:
18896
Place of publication:
Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. Ser. 2, 2:79. 1895
Verified:
04/05/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  4. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
  9. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  10. Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
  11. Ochsmann, J. 1996. Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (Apiaceae) in Deutschland. Untersuchungen zur Biologie, Verbreitung, Morphologie und Taxonomie. Feddes Repert. 107:557-595.
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  14. USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
  15. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Common names
English
cartwheel-flower –
giant hogweed –
Swedish
jätteloka –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEurope Europe  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Georgia
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
Weedpotential seed contaminant Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
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=18896. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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