Scientific name: Oenanthe lachenalii C.C. Gmel.
Common name: Parsley Water-dropwort
Description
Habit: An erect perennial, to 1 m high.
Stems: Slender, solid or slightly hollow when older, thick-walled, ribbed.
Roots: Tuberous, cylindrical to spindle-shaped.
Leaves: Lower leaves 2-pinnate with lanceolate leaflets, withering early; upper leaves 1-2-pinnate with linear segments.
Flowers: White, in terminal umbels, with 7-12 slender rays; umbel stalk longer than the rays; bracts and bracteoles present; petals 5, free; stamens 5; ovary inferior and 2-celled.
Fruits: A schizocarp, 2.5-3 mm, ovoid.
Habitat: Salt marshes and saline meadows.
Distribution: Local.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No