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Oenanthe lachenalii
Parsley water-dropwort is a perennial wetland plant of the carrot family, native to Europe and parts of North Africa, found in coastal marshes and damp meadows. It grows best in wet, sunny to lightly shaded ground and is declining in many areas due to drainage.
Oenanthe lachenalii, parsley water-dropwort, is a flowering plant in the carrot family, which is native to Europe and parts of North Africa. It is a declining plant of coastal wetlands.
The global range of parsley water-dropwort is in Western Europe as far as Poland and Greece, extending northwards to southern Scandinavia and southwards as far as the coast of Africa. It is not recorded as an introduction beyond its natural range.
Although it can be a component of hay meadows, parsley water-dropwort is considered to be poisonous to livestock, albeit not as toxic as hemlock water-dropwort. No part of the plant is edible by humans, and it appears to have no commercial uses.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oenanthe lachenalii 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.
