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Photographer: Steve C. Garske
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Family Apiaceae
Sium suave Walter
hemlock water-parsnip, water-parsnip
Sium: from sion, a Greek name of some marsh plant
suave: fragrant
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, (annual?)/perennial, 2'-6' tall, smooth forb; stems solitary, branching, angular, stout; roots fibrous |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, the outer petals sometimes slightly larger; inflorescence a 1 1/2"-4 1/2" compound umbel with 6 or more compact umbellets; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | oval, dry, obviously ribbed, splitting into 2 seeds- fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | once pinnately-divided into 7-17 long, narrow, sharply-toothed leaflets |
| Habitat: | sun; wet; shallows, shores; in water or muck |
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