Sium latifolium L.

Wideleaf waterparsnip (en), Grande berle (fr), Berle à larges feuilles (fr), Sium à feuilles larges (fr), Sium à larges feuilles (fr), Berle à feuilles larges (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Sium

Characteristics

Plants 70–150 cm. Roots fibrous. Submerged leaves 2–3-pinnate; ultimate segments linear. Aerial leaves 1-pinnate; pinnae 2–6 pairs, leaflets lanceolate or oblong, 4–7(–16) × 0.8–2 cm, margins serrate. Upper leaves reduced, smaller; leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear. Umbels 6–12 cm across; peduncles elongate; bracts 2–6, linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm, entire; rays 8–10(–30), 1.5–2.5 cm, unequal; bracteoles several, similar to bracts, 5–6 mm; umbellules 15–25-flowered; pedicels 2–3 mm. Calyx teeth minute, ca. 2 mm. Styles ca. equal to stylopodium, reflexed. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 3 × 2 mm; ribs filiform, thin-corky; vittae 3 in each furrow, 2–5 on commissure. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 20.
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A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It lies along the ground. It forms roots where the nodes are in contact with soil or water. It grows up to 1 m tall. The stems are hollow. They are 3 cm across. There can be leaves under the water but most are above and divided. They are 20 cm long with 2-12 pairs of leaflets without stalks. The lowest pair of leaflets are 5 cm long by 3 cm wide and each pair along the leaf get shorter. The end leaflet has several lobes. The flowers are in compound groups on equal length stalks. The petals are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system creeping-root fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows along creek banks and near water and drains.
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Fens and other wet places, often in water, avoiding acid conditions.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 7-12
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

CAUTION:
Uses environmental use essential oil medicinal poison
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Cancer(Breast) (unspecified)
Human toxicity toxic (root), toxic (fruit)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Habit

Sium latifolium habit picture by Andrzej Konstantynowicz (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Sium latifolium leaf picture by Mané DTP (cc-by-sa)
Sium latifolium leaf picture by Andrzej Konstantynowicz (cc-by-sa)
Sium latifolium leaf picture by Ннуоруик Окоуокок (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Sium latifolium flower picture by Tonny Jensen (cc-by-sa)
Sium latifolium flower picture by Andrzej Konstantynowicz (cc-by-sa)
Sium latifolium flower picture by k sch (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Sium latifolium fruit picture by Tomaž Jančar (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sium latifolium world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849010-1
WFO ID wfo-0000431539
COL ID 4XTXJ
BDTFX ID 64789
INPN ID 123960
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Sisarum palustre Sisarum macrophyllum Sisarum germanorum Cicuta latifolia Sium sulcatum Sium latissimum Selinum sium Drepanophyllum latifolium Coriandrum latifolium Drepanophyllum palustre Pimpinella latifolia Sium latifolium