Derivations from the Latin name. As a garden plant,H.persicummay have been distributed as packets of “seeds” labelled simplyHeracleum, i.e. with the genus name only. The Latin name was certainly known to many of the early cultivators. It was soon borrowed and adopted as a Norwegian name...
Figure 2. Medieval Norwegian monasteries, nunneries and convents. Medieval cultural relict plants are considered living remnants from medieval times, i.e., theyMhaevdeiesvuarlv civueltduarat la rceelritcat ipnllaonctasl iatyres icnocnesmideedrieedv alilvt...