Standing 15 to 20 feet tall, giant hogweed towers over most plants. It combines 5-foot wide, irregularly notched, compound ...
Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) also known as giant cow parsley, hogsbane, or cartwheel-flower, is a plant in the carrot family. People who touch its sap may develop giant hogweed burns ...
James Wyllie, project co-ordinator, East Lothian Countryside Volunteers River Tyne Giant Hogweed Eradication Project, described the past 12 months as “very successful”. However, he reiterated that the ...
Jenson, nine, was stung by a giant hogweed in Ryhope Park, Sunderland, while trying to fetch a football. Toxic sap from the weed, which grows near canals and rivers, can increase the sensitivity ...