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Herbarium specimen: Heracleum mantegazzianum

Taxon:Apiaceae: Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier ("Giant Hogweed")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:7/1943
Locality:Great Britain, VC39 Staffordshire, Hamstead Hill, SP0592, Hedge bank.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Heracleum mantegazzianum herbarium specimen from Hamstead Hill, VC39 Staffordshire in 1943 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Presumably an escape from neighbouring garden.
Filing note:Verbascum

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Documented by johned on 4th July 2012.

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