Peucedanum palustre (L.) Moench

Hogfennel (en), Peucédan des marais (fr), Thyssélin des marais (fr), Persil des marais (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Peucedanum

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Fens and marshes, usually on calcareous soils.
More
It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The roots are used as a substitute to ginger.
Uses food medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Medicine (unspecified), Sclerosis(Spleen) (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity phototoxic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Peucedanum palustre leaf picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Peucedanum palustre flower picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)
Peucedanum palustre flower picture by Alexander Baransky (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Peucedanum palustre world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846318-1
WFO ID wfo-0000391781
COL ID 4FFGF
BDTFX ID 48497
INPN ID 112873
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Oreoselis pisana Thysselinum crouanorum Athamanta flexuosa Athamanta pisana Peucedanum sylvestre Peucedanum palustre Peucedanum idanense Calestania palustris Callisace schiefereckii Thysselinum sylvestre Thysselinum palustre Thysselinum plinii Thysselinum schiwerekii Thysselinum angustifolium Selinum intermedium Selinum schiwerekii Cnidium palustre Thyselium palustre Selinum palustre Selinum tysselinum Peucedanum schiwereckii Selinum sylvestre