Heracleum sibiricum
Linn.
ApiaceaeShoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Plant, Shoots, Stalk
The young shoots are eaten raw in salads and used in stews, soups, and fried preparations. The leaf stalks are pickled. The plant is used to flavor dishes and in brewing.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Balkans, Bulgaria, Europe, Germany, North America, Prussia, Russia, USA,
Countries: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A temperate herb in the Apiaceae family with edible shoots, stalks, and other plant parts.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Heracleum sibiricum is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia, ranging from France and Italy to western Siberia and Mongolia.
Names & Synonyms
Sibirski devesil
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sibiricum Simonk.
References (5)
- Enum. fl. transsilv. 266. 1887 (As Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sibiricum)
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 341
- Nedelcheva A., 2013, An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Bulgaria. EurAsian Journal of BioSciences 7, 77-94
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sibiricum)
- Sp. pl. 1:249. 1753
