Apiaceae
Java waterdropwort
Oenanthe javanica
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Oenanthe
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Common names
By language (19)
- Chinese
- 水芹, 水芹菜, 芹花, 野芹菜
- cv
- Ява варăшĕ
- Dutch
- Javaanse peterselie
- English
- Java waterdropwort, Water dropwort, Chinese celery, Japanese (flat leaf) parsley, Korean minari, Minari, Water celery
- French
- Pokok Selom
- German
- Koreanische Petersilie, Minari, Pokok Selom
- Indonesian
- Seladren, Tespong
- Italian
- Minari
- Japanese
- セリ, シロネグサ, 白根草, 芹
- Korean
- 미나리, 미나리꽃
- Macedonian
- Јавански виноцвет
- Malay
- Pokok Selom, Selom
- mul
- Ooenanthe javanica
- Persian
- آبچکان جاوانیکا
- Russian
- Омежник яванский, Минари, Омежник лежачий, Омежник стелющийся
- Spanish
- Perejil cisterna
- Sundanese
- Téspong, Tespong
- Thai
- ผักชีล้อม
- Vietnamese
- Cần nước
Synonyms
- Cyssopetalum javanicum (Blume) Turcz.
- Dasyloma javanicum (Blume) Miq.
- Falcaria javanica (Blume) DC.
- Oenanthe stolonifera var. javanica (Blume) Kuntze
- Sium javanicum Blume
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 321 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Comedora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Ferguson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Richman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.