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Apiaceae
Water-parsnip
Berula erecta
Also known as Cutleaf water-parsnip, Berula angustifolia, Sium angustifolium var. polyphylla, Siella erecta
Native Plants · Aquatic · Marginal Plant · Bog Garden · Pond Plant · Water Garden · Apiaceae · Wetland · Stream Bank · Specialist
Water-parsnip is an aquatic or marginal perennial best suited for pond edges, stream banks, or bog gardens where soil remains permanently wet. It prefers partial shade and should never be allowed to dry out. This specialist plant is best suited to water garden enthusiasts rather than general home gardeners.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Maintain standing water or saturated soil; do not allow to dry out · Keep consistently moist or waterlogged at all times
- Maintenance
- High
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Egypt
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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