Apiaceae
Masterwort
Peucedanum ostruthium
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Peucedanum
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- بقلة الرئيس, بخور الأكراد, بقلة الإمبراطور, بوسيدان, جاوى, جاوى بري, شمار الخنازير
- arz
- بيوسيدانوم اوستروثيوم
- Belarusian
- Дзікая пятрушка настуркавая
- Chinese
- 欧前胡, 紫前胡
- Czech
- Všedobr horský
- Dutch
- Meesterwortel
- English
- Masterwort
- Esperanto
- Pufa peŭcedano
- Finnish
- Rohtosuoputki
- French
- Impératoire
- German
- Meisterwurz
- Latvian
- Meistarsakne
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Mesterrot
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Meisterrot
- Persian
- پوسدانوم استراثیوم
- Polish
- Gorysz miarz
- Russian
- Горичник настурциевый
- Slovenian
- Jaščarica
- Swedish
- Mästerrot
- Turkish
- Kral otu
- Welsh
- Ffenigl-y-moch gwridog
Synonyms
- Angelica angustifolia (Bellardi) Hoffm.
- Angelica officinalis Bernh.
- Angelica ostruthium (L.) Lag.
- Cervaria angustifolia (Bellardi) Andrz. ex Trautv.
- Imperatoria angustifolia Bellardi
- Imperatoria aromatica Salisb.
- Imperatoria major Lam.
- Imperatoria major Gray
- Imperatoria ostruthium L.
- Imperatoria ostruthium var. angustifolia (Bellardi) Leute
- Imperatoria ostruthium var. triternata DC.
- Imperatoria trilobata Gilib.
- Imperatoria triternata Viv. ex DC.
- Ostruthium officinale Link
- Peucedanum angustifolium (Bellardi) Rchb.f.
- Peucedanum imperatoides Link
- Peucedanum ostruthium prol. imperatoides (Link) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Peucedanum ostruthium var. angustifolium (Bellardi) Caruel
- Peucedanum ostruthium var. triternatum (Viv. ex DC.) Alef.
- Peucedanum ostruthium var. vulgare Alef.
- Selinum imperatoria Crantz
- Selinum ostruthium (L.) Wallr.
- Tommasinia verticillaris var. angustifolia (Bellardi) Eichler
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 172 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Catherine Faber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: marisnocatpiss, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Antoine MARNAT, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Wieser, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrea Schieber from München, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, 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.