Walking home from work and found this weed standing about 4ft tall. I'm sure I've seen stuff like this and it's incredibly poisonous/dangerous stuff.

Anyone know what it is, and if I should notify my council about it

TIA

by Stoowee198

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  4. Giant Hogweed – contain high levels of furanocoumarins – chemicals which make the skin very sensitive to sunlight. Touching giant hogweed with bare skin can lead to severe photodermatitis, with symptoms including burning, blistering, pigmentation and long-lasting scarring.

  5. There are a lot of lookalikes within the same family, but to my uneducated eye it looks like it could be a giant hogweed – red stalk, big, spiky leaves and a more uniform, tightly bunched parasol-like arrangement of its flowers compared to regular hogweed/cow parsley. Avoid.

  6. Yes, giant hog weed. Yes notify the council (or in Scotland sometimes it can be the fishery board – the plant tends to spread along rivers and it makes sense for the control to be co-ordinated, starting up stream).

  8. Giant hogweed. Very toxic sap, do not touch with bare skin.

  9. Had some of this starting to grow in my garden.
    Strimmed while wearing my safety crocs and shorts.

    I now have very speckled ankles.

    (The blisters were impressive for a couple of weeks. Then came a week of itching as the skin grew back)

  10. You might want to report that to whoever manages the land. As others have said it looks like giant hogs weed and they shouldn’t be allowed to grow unchecked

  11. Please report location to the council. This is bad news for local environment, animals, pets and humans.

  12. We used to play jousting with giant hogweed when we were kids. This was in early winters when they had dried out and were easy to pick out of the ground. They would sometimes be 5 foot long and smash over your mate’s head quite dramatically. Great fun. But I never knew how dangerous they are while green (with the sap) until recently. kids, eh

  13. Don’t touch. 

    But if you happen to have a hoe (probably not) you can sorta just slash the stem. Cause that bitch hollow. 

  14. As others have said giant hogweed, 100%.
    Bloody Victorians brought it over cos it looks cool in their gardens. To be fair it is an impressive plant but it shouldn’t be here.

  18. When people say “Do not touch this plant”, trust them. Giant Hogweed causes unbelievably intense pain.

    Report immediately.

  20. UPDATE:
    Spotted in Scotland, so submitted an Invasive Species report with attached photos – will reply to this comment with further updates as/when

  21. The Giant Hogweed. A plant so terrifying that Genesis even wrote a song about it.

  23. I’ve seen this in Dungeon Master, on the ST. If you hack it up, you can put the screamer slices in your knapsacks and use them for food.

    For the morons out there, please don’t do this.

  24. Where are you all living that your council will deal with giant hogweed? Here I’ve reported it many times and they spend more time arguing over which council’s job it is than doing anything about it. Usually end up chucking some glyphosate over it myself. 

  25. DO NOT TOUCH THIS PLANT. It will burn you. The pain can/might last years.

  26. After 52 comments have pretty much covered it, I’ll just go with 🚨❌

  27. Giant hog weed **DO NOT TOUCH THIS SHIT**

    I cannot stress enough the importance of not touching its oils react with the sun and will burn you, contact and report it to your council, boys with hazmats will be out to remove it properly.

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