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Heracleum sphondylium L.

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Heracleum sphondylium L.
Heracleum sphondylium L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Heracleum sphondylium L.
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Heracleum sphondylium

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sphondylium

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Heracleum sphondylium L.

Erect biennial. Stems hispid, hollow, grooved, green to reddish brown, 60-150-(200) cm high. Basal lvs pinnately 3-foliolate or 1-pinnate with up to 9 leaflets, petiolate; leaflets densely hispidulous below, sparsely to moderately above, ternately or pinnately lobed and serrate, c. 5-20 cm long; lobes acute or obtuse; stem lvs similar to basal, more often pinnately 3-foliolate with reduced petiole; petiole usually tinged purple toward base. Umbels 5-20 cm diam.; rays 12-30; bracts 0-7, linear, 8-15 mm long; bracteoles c. 6, linear, up to 15 mm long. Fls numerous, white or tinged pink; outer fls irregular and up to 10 mm diam. Fr. glabrous, ovate-elliptic, light brown, 7-10 mm long; vittae conspicuous, 0.2-0.5 mm wide at base.

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Heracleum sphondylium L.
Heracleum sphondylium L.

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Heracleum sphondylium L.
France
Heracleum sphondylium L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Heracleum sphondylium L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Heracleum sphondylium L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Heracleum sphondylium L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
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