Heracleum Mantegazzianum (IMAGE)

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Heracleum Mantegazzianum

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The Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) are up to four meters high. It can cause third-degree burns because of the extremely aggressive sap inside the plant.

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Photo: Petr Pysek/Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

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