Sir – Hogweed (Heraculum sphondylium) and giant hogweed (Heraculum mantegazzianum) are not the same plant. The photo of the supposedly dangerous weed in the paper recently was, to my reckoning, the former very common plant and not the latter giant variety which causes dermatitis.
Joanna Bell, Chilson
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