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Silaum silaus
Silaum silaus, commonly known as pepper-saxifrage, is a perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (the carrot family) found across south-eastern, central, and western Europe, including the British Isles. It grows in damp grasslands on neutral soils.
Silaum silaus is found in western, central and south-eastern Europe (including Great Britain), north to the Netherlands and Sweden but is absent from Portugal. In Great Britain, it is found mainly south of the far south of Scotland. The species is listed as an invasive species in Denmark.
Silaum silaus is listed in John Parkinson's 1640 work Theatrum Botanicum as being able to soothe "frets" in infants.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silaum silaus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
