Table 1 Norwegian vernacular names for Heracleum persicum

a) Vernacular names derived from the Latin genus name

Arakla

Nordland: Andøy (EBATA 2005:46)

Araklia

Nordland: Andøy (EBATA 2005:47)

Auraklum

Troms: Tromsø (EBATA 2007:24)

Herakla

Nordland: Andøy (EBATA 2005:38)

Herakleum

Troms: Harstad (EBATA 1978:22, 1978:23), Lenvik (EBATA 2004:23, 2007:88), Tromsø (EBATA 2005:32, 2005:34, 2006:133, 2013:3)

Heraklium

Troms: Tromsø (EBATA 2005:32)

Høyrakel

Troms: Karlsøy (EBATA 1995:1)

Orakleum

Troms: Tromsø (EBATA 2005:19, 2005:21)

Rakelung

Troms: Skjervøy ([71]: 384)

Rakleum

Troms: Harstad ([71]: 384)

Uraklium

Finnmark: Loppa (EBATA 2006:132)

Ørneklo

Nordland: Andøy (EBATA 2005:40)

b) Vernacular names borrowed from other species

Lur

Nordland: Sømna ([74]: 111)

Sløke

Finnmark: Nordkapp (EBATA 2006:101)

Sløyke

Nordland: Hadsel (EBATA 1988:13); Troms: Tromsø ([89]: 18)

c) Innovations

Rottefrø

Troms: Tromsø ([71]: 384)

Rottegift

Troms: Harstad ([71]: 384); (EBATA 2007:94)

Rottegras

Troms: Kvæfjord (Hallfrid Christiansen, archival note at the University of Tromsø, dated 1948)

Stormtræ

Nordland: Andøy (EBATA 1984:11)

Tromsøplanten

Finnmark: Vadsø (EBATA 2003:14)

Tromsøpalme

Nordland: Andøy (EBATA 2005:39, 2005:46, 2005:51), Hadsel (EBATA 2006:69); Troms: Bjarkøy (EBATA 2010:32), Harstad (EBATA 1977:2, 1978:22, 1978:23, 2008:18); Skjervøy (EBATA 2005:44, 2006:1), Torsken (EBATA 2005:17), Tromsø (EBATA 2005:21, 2005:32, 2005:43, 2005:49, 2006:40, 2006:133, 2013:3); Finnmark: Alta (EBATA 2007:45), Båtsfjord (EBATA 1988:12), Hammerfest (EBATA 1999:5), Måsøy (EBATA 1994:3, 2006:88), Nordkapp (EBATA 2005:34, 2006:100), Vadsø (EBATA 2006:117, 2006:119)