Heracleum platytaenium

Heracleum platytaenium is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It was first described by Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.^[1] It is mostly found in the central and coastal regions of Anatolia in Turkey.^[2]

Heracleum platytaenium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Heracleum
Species:	H. platytaenium
Binomial name
Heracleum platytaenium Boiss
Synonyms
Heracleum eminens Lange Hercleum spathyphyllum C. Koch ex Boiss

Heracleum platytaenium grows in mixed forests, rocky slopes, stream banks and coasts up to 1500 meters above sea level. It blooms between May and July.^[3]