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Apiaceae

Fool's watercress

Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Helosciadium

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Fool's watercress: Apium nodiflorum (syn. Helosciadium nodiflorum ). Veneto, provinzia di Treviso.
Photo: Frantz-Samy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (16)
Asturian
Berriu
Bulgarian
Възлестоцветна целина
Catalan
Creixen bord
Dutch
Groot moerasscherm
English
Fool's watercress, European marshwort, Fool's-water-cress
Finnish
Koiranselleri
French
Ache faux-cresson, Ache Nodiflore
German
Knotenblütiger Sellerie
Hebrew
כרפס הביצות
Irish
Gunna uisce
mwl
Alrabaça
Polish
Selery węzłobaldachowe
Portuguese
Alrabaça, Rabaça, Salsa-brava
Russian
Сельдерей узлоцветковый
Swedish
Fränefloka
Welsh
Dyfrforonen swp-flodeuog

Synonyms

  • Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag.
  • Cicuta nodiflora (L.) Crantz
  • Helodium nodiflorum (L.) Dumort.
  • Lavera nodiflora (L.) Raf.
  • Meum nodiflorum (L.) Baill.
  • Pimpinella nodiflora (L.) Stokes
  • Selinum nodiflorum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
  • Seseli nodiflorum (L.) Scop.
  • Sison nodiflorum (L.) Brot.
  • Sium nodiflorum L.

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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). About our plant data.