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tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers

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The burns on Lexi Buchanan's hand after she touched giant hogweed

'HOGWEED BURNT MY GIRL'S HANDS'

Giant Hogweed is also an environmental threat as it displaces native plants, causing river banks to erode and flood.

War waged against river invader

Japanese Knotweed's root system can cause structural damage to houses while Giant Hogweed can cause horrific burns.

Sort out a knotty problem - or you could be in court

Unable to walk without limping, Mr Cooper, a former dispensing optician, went to hospital where his condition initially baffled doctors but they eventually established the blisters were caused by giant hogweed.

Walker injured by toxic plant

Giant Hogweed agonising burns to her arms and legs when she came into contact with the plant, growing in a riverside field.

INVASION OF THE POISONOUS GIANT

Giant hogweed - botanical name Heracleum mantegazzianum - is a member of the parsley or carrot family.

Giant hogweed makes poison oak seem tame

The hogweed grows up to four metres tall and leaves can be as large as 2.45 metres long.

The alien invaders

It would be nice if Stirling Council forgot about spending all their money on this new road that is not needed as well as losing all the lovely trees that are not past their sell-by-date and put it towards giving some of the money to the people who are trying to eradicate the hogweed along riverbanks, railway embankments and other areas.

Better plan for road cash; Stirling viewLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

TOXIC Giant Hogweed, a plant which can burn the skin and cause horrific blistering, has been spotted again in Salford.

Warnings issued as heatwave helps toxic weed make comeback; Giant Hogweed has been spotted in SALFORD AND CAN CAUSE HORRIFIC BLISTERING TO THE SKIN

The public are being asked to help raise [pounds sterling]10,000 to battle giant hogweed in Ingleby Barwick.

Ingleby Barwick asked to help raise [pounds sterling]10,000 to get rid of giant hogweed; 'If half the people on the estate donated [pounds sterling]1, we could help get rid of it for good!' says an online campaign for the River Tees Trust

A little girl has been left with blisters all over her fingers after coming into contact with common hogweed in aBlaenau Gwentpond.

Little girl left with blisters all over her fingers after touching hogweed; The mum of the four-year-old said it was really hard to see her daughter in so much pain

AFATHER was left with horrendous injuries after coming into contact with common hogweed while gardening at his Welsh home.

Dad left with horrific injuries in common hogweed encounter

With its most rampant season being during July and August, people are being warned to avoid giant hogweed.

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