Helosciadium nodiflorum

Fool's-watercress
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Helosciadium
Species:
H. nodiflorum
Binomial name
Helosciadium nodiflorum
Lag.

Helosciadium nodiflorum (synonym: Apium nodiflorum), fool's watercress, is a flowering plant found in ditches or streams, as well as fresh and brackish-water wetlands native to western Europe. It is not poisonous to humans but it could be easily confused with the allegedly poisonous lesser water parsnip.

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