What is Heracleum?

Heracleum is a genus of plants that is part of the Apiaceae family. It contains about 70 types of permanent herbs that come from Europe, Asia, North America and Africa. These plants rise high above the ground on narrow stems and have large clusters of flowers. Landscapes use this group of plants along the borders and in overgrown areas of the yard. Some common problems associated with the family Heracleum include a spot of leaves and tribal rot. It is believed that mythological Hercules used these plants as medicine. The general name for plants in the genus Heracleum is a pastin of cows, because these species have a similar appearance as a pastin and are consumed by a cattle. Some species are known as Hogweed or Giant Hogweed, including Heacleum Mantegazziianum .

Cows Pasture are usually grown in Canada and OsliTed States. Heracleum Sosnowskyi is distributed from Kauses to the Baltic States in Europe, while Heracleum Persicum is grown in Iran. In AfricaE There are several species, including Heacleum Spondylium .

These plants are very high. h. Maximum usually grows to a height of 3-10 feet (1-3 m) and has large harsh leaves, about 18 inches (45 cm) wide. Each sheet is divided into three segments and has gears. Long, narrow stems are hollow and furry.

At the top of the narrow stems are white to creamy colored flowers that are fragrant. Each flower has five petals with a length of about 1/3 inches (1 cm). They look in clusters that are arranged in Umbels. Umbel is an arrangement of flowers in which several similarly size, erect floral stems portray from the same point to the stem. Flowers usually bloom in mid -summer.

h. Maximum can grow in several types of soil, including clay, sandy and clay. It is done well in shaded areas and can tolerate cold winter. Can survive in the zoneh hardness three and higher.

A common problem that affects h. Maximum is a leaf spot, which is fungal diseases. It is characterized by black or brown spots on the leaves and the leaves fall. Mushroom spores are usually located in dead leaves and plant fragments during the winter. During the spring times, spores are carried by wind and water spray and stored on leaves h. Maximum . A common preventive step is to remove all dead plant material from the ground before the start of the growing season.