Apiaceae
Cutleaf waterparsnip
Berula erecta
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Berula
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Common names
By language (25)
- Belarusian
- Сіела
- Bulgarian
- Теснолистна берула
- Catalan
- Berula
- Chinese
- 天山泽芹, 天山澤芹
- Czech
- Potočník vzpřímený
- Danish
- Sideskærm
- Dutch
- Kleine watereppe
- English
- Cutleaf waterparsnip, Lesser water-parsnip, Lesser water-parsnip, water celery
- Estonian
- Oja-haneputk
- Finnish
- Hanhenputki
- French
- Berle dressée, Petite berle, Berle, Berle dressee
- German
- Schmalblättriger Merk, Berle, Wassersellerie, Gewöhnliche Berle
- Hungarian
- Keskenylevelű békakorsó
- Lithuanian
- Drėgnuolė, Siauralapė drėgnuolė
- Macedonian
- Бобур
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vasskjeks
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Vasskjeks
- nv
- Táłkááʼ chʼó
- pcd
- Bréle, Bélhe, Bélèie
- Polish
- Potocznik wąskolistny
- Russian
- Берула прямая, Поручейничек прямой
- Slovenian
- Ozkolistni koščec
- Spanish
- Arsafraga, Berraza de hoja angosta, Berraña, Berrera borde, Berrera mala, Berro falso
- Swedish
- Bäckmärke
- Welsh
- Panasen-y-dŵr gulddail
Synonyms
- Apium berula Caruel
- Apium sium Crantz
- Berla monspeliensium Bubani
- Berula angustifolia (L.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Berula angustifolia Boiss.
- Berula angustifolia Greene
- Berula angustifolia subvar. gracile Coss. & Germ.
- Berula angustifolia var. dentata Wimm. & Grab.
- Berula angustifolia var. gracile (Coss. & Germ.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Berula angustifolia var. serratifolia Wimm. & Grab.
- Berula erecta f. dentata Wimm. & Grab.
- Berula erecta f. incisum Lojac.
- Berula erecta f. microphylla Uechtr. ex Abrom.
- Berula erecta f. repens (G.F.Mey.) Wolfg.
- Berula erecta f. serratifolia Thell.
- Berula erecta var. incisa (Torr.) Cronquist
- Berula erecta var. macrodon Koso-Pol.
- Berula erecta var. stenodon Koso-Pol.
- Berula incisa (Torr.) G.N.Jones
- Berula orientalis Woronow ex Schischk.
- Berula orientalis Woronow
- Berula pusilla (Nutt.) Fernald
- Carum sioides J.M.Black
- Selinum berula E.H.L.Krause
- Siella erecta (Huds.) Pimenov
- Sium angustifolium L.
- Sium angustifolium var. decumbens Hartm.
- Sium angustifolium var. polyphylla Schltdl.
- Sium angustifolium var. repens G.Mey.
- Sium berula Gouan
- Sium erectum Huds.
- Sium ferula Raeusch.
- Sium incisum Torr.
- Sium nodiflorum Oeder
- Sium novae-mexicae Koso-Pol.
- Sium novae-mexicae var. fimbriatum Koso-Pol.
- Sium orientale (Woronow ex Schischk.) Soó
- Sium pusillum Nutt.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, June to August (from 100 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Harald Schnöde (Schnde), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: insiderelic, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nora Bales, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 14:36, 29 December 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harald Schnöde (Schnde), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:58, 28 January 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.