Freshwater
Greater water-parsnip
Sium latifolium
Apiaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and 19 more countries.
Introduced to Chile.
More about the species
Description
Sium latifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names great water-parsnip, greater water-parsnip, and wideleaf waterparsnip. It is native to much of Europe, Kazakhstan, and Siberia. This plant grows in wet habitat such as swamps and lakeshores, sometimes in the water. It is a perennial herb with a hollow, grooved stem up to 2 meters tall. The herbage is green and hairless. The leaves are up to 30 centimeters long with blades borne on hollow petioles that clasp the stem at their bases. The inflorescence is an umbel of white flowers. When eaten by dairy cows, the plant tends to imbue their milk with an unpleasant taste.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Cicuta latifolia
- Coriandrum latifolium
- Drepanophyllum latifolium
- Drepanophyllum palustre
- Pimpinella latifolia
- Selinum sium
In other languages
- Vattenmärke
- Bredbladet Mærke
- Sorsanputki, Isosorsanputki
- Wideleaf waterparsnip
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