Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Colour Variant

Height: 50-150cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Biennial/Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August (Earliest: 18.5)

Habitat:	Meadows	Hedge Rows
Pollination:	Many Apidae	Many Tenthredinidae	Most Argidae	Many Ichneumonidae
	Several Braconidae	Gasteruptionidae	Most Crabronidae	Several Vespidae
	Most Figitidae	Anoplius nigerrimus	Leucospis dorsigera	Tiphia femorata
	Torymus flavipes	Stenomalina micans	Synacra holconota	Aphantopus hyperantus
	Araschnia levana	Several Tortricidae	Chiasmia clathrata	Autographa gamma
	Oligia fasciuncula	Eilema griseola	Yponomeuta padella	Many Syrphidae
	Several Muscidae	Several Empididae	Many Tachinidae	Several Sciaridae
	Several Tipulidae	Several Calliphoridae	Several Anthomyiidae	Chloromyia formosa
	Dolichopus claviger	Dolichopus ungulatus	Chyliza vittata	Sepsis fulgens
	Sepsis violacea	Bibio pomonae	Dilophus febrilis	Chlorops hypostigma
	Coenomyia ferruginea	Megamerina dolium	Sarcophaga carnaria	Temnosira saltuum
	Ectaetia clavipes	Physiphora alceae	Seioptera vibrans	Conops flavipes
	Tricholauxania praeusta	Scathophaga stercoraria	Several Cerambycidae	Several Nitidulidae
	Several Elateridae	Several Cantharidae	Mordella aculeata	Anaspis fasciata
	Anaspis melanopa	Chrysanthia geniculata	Aplocnemus nigricornis	Trichius fasciatus
	Trichodes apiarius	Molanna angustata	Panorpa vulgaris
Parasites:	Erysiphe heraclei	Ramularia heraclei	Phytomyza spondylii	Cheilosia illustrata Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:	Tenthredo mesomela Larva	Ctenicera pectinicornis	Helicoverpa armigera
Sapivores:	Paramyzus heraclei
Florivores:	Hoplia argentea
Granivores:	Pammene aurana Larva

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Hogweed

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

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