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Persian hogweed or by its native name go
Heracleum persicum
About
Heracleum persicum, commonly known as Persian hogweed or by its native name golpar, is a species of hogweed, a perennial herbaceous plant in the carrot family Apiaceae. It grows wild in humid mountainous regions in Iran and some adjacent areas. Having been introduced in the 1830s, it has spread across Scandinavia. It is now very common in northern Norway, where one of its names is Tromsø palm . The plant has also been spotted in Sweden. In Finland, it has been declared an invasive species.
- Family
- Apiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Heracleum persicum
- Slug
- heracleum-persicum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Heracleum
- Species
- persicum
- Wikidata QID
- Q1418112
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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- wikidata (common_name)
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