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Helosciadium × longipedunculatum

Helosciadium × longipedunculatum
Photo: Taxonomyofapiaceae, CC BY-SA 4.0

A creeping, semi-aquatic perennial hybrid in the carrot family, formed by crossing creeping marshwort and fool's water cress, and it grows best with its roots in wet soil or shallow water.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil constantly wet or let the plant stand in shallow water.
Soil
Wet, fertile, muddy or loamy soil, or shallow water.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; cold-tolerant, with dormancy in winter.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Helosciadium × longipedunculatum, synonym Apium × longipedunculatum, is a hybrid plant in the umbellifer family (Apiaceae); the result of hybridisation between Helosciadium repens (creeping marshwort) and Helosciadium nodiflorum (fool's water cress).

Other Helosciadium plants

Helosciadium bermejoi · Fool's Watercress · Creeping Marshwort · Helosciadium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helosciadium × longipedunculatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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