Giant Hogweed

Heracleum mantegazzianum

Giant Hogweed is a tall plant that can grow as high as a house! It has big, green leaves and produces white flowers that look like umbrellas. It's important to be careful around it because it can cause skin irritation.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Giant Hogweed is a towering plant, often over 3 meters tall, with thick, hollow stems mottled with purple blotches and covered in bristly white hairs. Its enormous, deeply lobed leaves can be over a meter wide, and it boasts colossal umbrella-shaped clusters of tiny white flowers.

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Giant Hogweed

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

Peligro

4/5 · Alto

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Datos interesantes

A single plant can unleash up to 50,000 seeds to conquer new areas!

It can regrow from its root even after being cut down, making it tough to remove!

Its enormous leaves can grow over a meter wide, blocking sunlight from other plants!

The sap makes your skin super sensitive to sun, causing nasty burns!

Habilidades especiales

Giant Hogweed can grow incredibly fast, reaching impressive heights quickly, which helps it outcompete surrounding native plants for light and space.

Giant Hogweed can produce tens of thousands of seeds per plant, enabling it to spread widely and establish new populations rapidly.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 200-500 cm
Extensión: 100-250 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 20-50 cm
Temporada de floración: Verano
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Alta
Ciclo de vida: Bienal
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

Attracted to its large, nectar-rich flower heads.

pollinates

Common Eastern bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

Visits the plant's wide umbels for pollen and nectar.

pollinates

Common bluebottle fly

Calliphora vicina

One of many generalist insects that pollinate the flowers.

Rasgos

Floración

Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.

Bienal

Las plantas bienales completan su ciclo de vida en dos temporadas de crecimiento, formando típicamente follaje en el primer año y floreciendo o semillando en el segundo.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.