Natural History Photographs


Heracleum sphondylium
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Subspecies:pyrenaicum (Lam.) Bonnier & Layens, 1894
Nederlands:Gewone berenklauw
English:Hogweed
Deutsch:Wiesen-Bärenklau
Norsk:Bjønnkjeks
Svenska:Björnloka
Français:Berce des prés
Italiano:erba orsina, panace comune, sedano sei prati, spondiglio
Español:belleraca, branca ursina, cornases, hierba de Hércules, tanecas, trébol de oso,
ursina, ursina falsa, zebuda
Amstelveen, the Netherlands;
20 July 2011. Unusual color form.
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 23 November 2014.

Heracleum sphondylium pyrenaicum
Platanos (Ioannina), Greece; 17 July 2020.

Mutation in flower-determining genes
Tigrad (Smoljan), Bulgaria.; 29 June 2021.
This plant has a mutation in one of the genes involved in flower development, turning some flower organs into normal leaves.