Heracleum candicans Wall. ex Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Heracleum

Characteristics

Plants 40–100(–200) cm tall, pubescent or tomentose. Root stout, cylindrical. Stem solitary, branched. Basal and lower leaves pinnate; pinnae 2–3 pairs, ovate-oblong, 5–7(–20) × 3–5 cm, pinnatifid, abaxially silvery, densely white tomentose, margins serrate, apex mucronate or obtuse. Upper leaves reduced, sessile, 3-lobed on expanded sheaths. Peduncles 15–30 cm, pubescent; bracts 1–3, linear, caducous; rays 15–25(–35), unequal, 3–7(–10) cm, pubescent; bracteoles 5–8, linear; umbellules 20–25-flowered. Calyx teeth minute. Petals white, outer flowers of umbels radiant. Fruit obovoid, 5–8(–10) × 4–6 mm, glabrous when mature; vittae solitary in each furrow, 2 on commissure, clavate, extending to 2/3 length of mericarp. Seed face plane. Fl. May–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 22*.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2 - 1.5
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. In the Himalayas it grows between 3,000-4,000 m above sea level.
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Usage

Uses medicinal pharmaceutical industry
Edible stems
Therapeutic use Nervous system diseases (fruit), Parasympatholytics (fruit), Anti-infective agents (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
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Images

Heracleum candicans unspecified picture

Distribution

Heracleum candicans world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842985-1
WFO ID wfo-0001067675
COL ID 3KXB7
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Synonyms

Heracleum candicans Tetrataenium candicans Heracleum candicans var. candicans

Lower taxons

Heracleum candicans var. obtusifolium