Cow parsnip and many of its relatives produce powerful chemical substances as protection. The best known are furanocoumarins, which seem to defend the plant against fungi and perhaps other consumers.

So the flower show featured lots of white flowers—yarrow, beach lovage, and cow parsnip. Cow parsnip (a.k.a. pushki or so-called Indian rhubarb) also adorns many of our roadsides and trails and ...

Multiple cow parsnip plants grow along a trail near the University of Alaska Anchorage on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) It's peak season for Alaska's cow parsnip ...

Of all the people I know, I suspect Joe Derek is the only one who would reach out to tell me he has 50 cow parsnip plants growing in his yard. I did not initially share his excitement for them ...

Robyn Hankins was working in a garden in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, when the sap of a cow parsnip - also known as common hogweed - got on her skin. The wildflower is a native species and many consider ...

Cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) is the only member of the hogweeds that is native to North America. Like other hogweeds, cow parsnip sap can cause blisters and phytophotodermatitis. There is currently ...