912205 Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier
Distribution
Northern Iceland: Persistent (Adventive)
Shrub Tundra: Persistent (Adventive)
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Persistent (Adventive)
- Sommier & Levier, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s., 2: 79 (1895). Described from southwestern Asia
Geography: Asian (W-C): ICE*.
Notes: Heracleum mantegazzianum is another aggressively expanding plant from the west-central parts of Asia, established in the Arctic in Iceland (Kristinsson 2010; observation in Siglufjördur in 2010). It is rapidly moving northwards also in Norway (Fremstad and Elven 2006).
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Source: Farbenfreude at Wikispecies
Higher Taxa
- Heracleum [9122,genus]