General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 - 48 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies

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Common names
  • Cow Parsnip
  • Masterwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Heracleum sphondylium subsp. alpinum
  • Synonym: Heracleum montanum
  • Synonym: Heracleum palmatum var. palmatisectum

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credit: Jacob W. Frank
Location: Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-24

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