Heracleum maximum W.Bartram

First published in Travels Carolina: 344 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Russian Far East to Japan, Subarctic America to U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • USDA, NRCS (2005-2020). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Henry, A. [2529] China Heracleum lanatum K002743214 No
Furuse, M. [17008] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743202 No
Furuse, M. [17756] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743187 No
Furuse, M. [6706] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743183 No
Purdom, W. [s.n.] China Heracleum lanatum K002743222 No
Henry, A. [4960] China Heracleum lanatum K002743219 No
Henry [113] China Heracleum lanatum K002743216 No
Furuse, M. [6063] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743168 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743174 Yes
Furuse, M. [19791] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743190 No
Liou, K.M. [5011] China Heracleum lanatum K002743218 No
Hotta, M. [16713] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743211 No
Faurie, P. [726] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743176 Yes
Furuse, M. [19791] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743189 No
Furuse, M. [6641] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743181 No
Taquet [867] China Heracleum lanatum K002743221 No
Furuse, M. [26206] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743199 No
Furuse, M. [6063] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743167 Yes
Furuse, M. [6641] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743179 No
Furuse, M. [6386] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743170 Yes
Bullock, T.L. [57] China Heracleum lanatum K002743196 No
Furuse, M. [45758] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743203 No
Furuse, M. [6641] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743172 Yes
Furuse, M. [17755] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743184 No
Hemelinģ [271] China Heracleum lanatum K002743193 No
Furuse, M. [19791] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743191 No
Furuse, M. [6280] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743180 No
Furuse, M. [6280] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743169 Yes
Furuse, M. [17008] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743201 No
Furuse, M. [17756] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743185 No
Furuse, M. [6706] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743182 No
Hemelinģ [270] China Heracleum lanatum K002743192 No
Furuse, M. [19791] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743188 No
Furuse, M. [26206] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743200 No
Furuse, M. [45758] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743204 No
Silvestri, C. [1637] China Heracleum lanatum K002743195 No
Furuse, M. [17755] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743186 No
Murata, G.; Koyama, H. [186] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743213 No
Henry, A. [4873] China Heracleum lanatum K002743217 No
s.coll. [s.n.] China Heracleum lanatum K002743220 No
Togashi; Yamazaki [6653] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743197 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743175 Yes
Henry [522] China Heracleum lanatum K002743215 No
Furuse, M. [6386] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743171 Yes
Hotta, M. [16713] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743212 No
Furuse, M. [26206] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743198 No
Silvestri, C. [1635] China Heracleum lanatum K002743194 No
Furuse, M. [6063] Japan Heracleum lanatum K002743173 Yes

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