Sium latifolium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Oenantheae
Genus: Sium
Species: Sium latifolium
Name

Sium latifolium L., 1753
Synonyms

Cicuta latifolia (L.) Crantz
Coriandrum latifolium (L.) Crantz
Drepanophyllum latifolium (L.) Koso-Poljansky
Drepanophyllum palustre Hoffm.
Pimpinella latifolia (L.) Stokes
Selinum sium E. H. L. Krause
Sisarum germanorum Schur
Sisarum macrophyllum Schur
Sisarum palustre Bub.
Sium aquaticum Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
Sium berula J.F.Gmel.
Sium lancifolium Schrank
Sium latissimum Bor.
Sium longifolium J. & C. Presl
Sium sulcatum Pers.
Sium vulgare Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.

Homonyms

Sium latifolium Bieb. = Sium sisarum subsp. sisaroideum (DC.) Soó

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Albania, Austria, Belgium, England, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Channel Isl., ?Corsica, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Croatia, Skopje, Serbia & Kosovo, Slovenia, Poland, Romania, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, C-, N-, S- & E-European Russia, Ukraine, Sweden,
Continental: Asie
Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 251. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Sium latifolium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sium latifolium. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 25 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Sium latifolium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 25.
Tropicos.org 2018. Sium latifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 25.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sium latifolium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Паручайнік шыракалісты
Deutsch: Breitblättriger Merk, Großer Merk, Merle, Wassersellerie
English: Greater water parsnip, water parsnip, wideleaf waterparsnip
eesti: Harilik jõgiputk
suomi: Sorsanputki
français: Grande Berle
Nederlands: grote watereppe
polski: Marek Szerokolistny
русский: Поручейник широколистный
svenska: Vattenmärke
中文: 欧泽芹

Sium latifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names great water-parsnip, greater water-parsnip,[1] and wideleaf waterparsnip.[2] It is native to much of Europe, Kazakhstan, and Siberia.[1]

This plant grows in wet habitat such as swamps and lakeshores, sometimes in the water. It is a perennial herb with a hollow, grooved stem up to 2 meters tall. The herbage is green and hairless. The leaves are up to 30 centimeters long with blades borne on hollow petioles that clasp the stem at their bases. The inflorescence is an umbel of white flowers.[3]

When eaten by dairy cows, the plant tends to imbue their milk with an unpleasant taste.[3]
Toxicity/edibility

The rootstock is acrid and poisonous, but the leaves have been cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Italy and the ripe seeds - which are aromatic due to their limonene content - have been used (in small quantities) as a spice or seasoning in Scandinavian cuisine.[4]
References

"Sium latifolium". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Sium latifolium. USDA PLANTS.
Forbes, R. Sium latifolium – greater water-parsnip. Northern Ireland Priority Species. National Museums Northern Ireland.
Sturtevant, E.L. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants, pub. J.P. Lyon Company Albany 1919 for State of New York Dept of Agriculture, reissued ed. U.P Hedrick as Sturtevant's Edible Plants by Dover Publications, inc. New York 1972.