Citation: L., Sp.Pl. 255 (1753).

Synonymy: Oenantha pimpinelloides

Common name: Water dropwort, corky-fruited water dropwort.

Description:
Erect perennial herb, 30-100 cm high; roots with rounded tubers towards their end; stem solid, grooved, branched; basal leaves 2-pinnate; segments cuneate, lanceolate to ovate, c. 5 mm long, lobed; stem-leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; segments linear-lanceolate to linear, 1-3 cm long, usually entire.

Umbels terminal, 2-5 cm diam.; peduncle longer than the rays; involucral bracts several, subulate; rays 6-15, rather stout in fruit; umbellules dense, flat; bracteoles many, subulate, about as long as the pedicels.

Fruiting pedicels thickened at the top; styles stout, erect, more than two-thirds as long as the fruit; fruit cylindrical, c. 3 mm long, strongly ribbed.

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1959) Drawings Brit. Pl. 13:t. 5.

Distribution:  In moist meadows. S.Aust.: SL.   native in western and central Europe to Anatolia. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Dec. (2 records).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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