Heracleum austriacum is a species of plant in the Apiaceae family. It is native to the Alps.
Description Heracleum austriacum is a perennial plant growing to 0.28 meters and flowering from June to August. It first formally described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in the first volume of his Species Plantarum in 1753.Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum: Exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Laurentii Salvii.
Subspecies Heracleum austriacum has 2 accepted subspecies:
Heracleum austriacum subsp. austriacum Heracleum austriacum subsp. siifolium
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