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Apiaceae

Hogfennel

Peucedanum palustre (L.) Moench

Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Peucedanum

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Hogfennel: Blüte des Sumpf-Haarstranges Peucedanum palustre
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 13:44, 15 December 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (20)
Belarusian
Дзікая пятрушка балотная, Калестанія балотная
Bulgarian
Блатна самодивска трева
Czech
Smldník bahenní
Danish
Kær-Svovlrod
Dutch
Melkeppe
English
Hogfennel, Milk parsley, Marsh Hog’s fennel, Milk-parsley
Estonian
Soo-piimputk
Finnish
Luhtasuoputki
French
Peucédan des marais
German
Sumpf-Haarstrang, Sumpfhaarstrang
Hungarian
Mocsári kocsord
Lithuanian
Pelkinis saliavas
Norwegian Bokmål
Mjølkerot
Norwegian Nynorsk
Mjølkerot
Polish
Gorysz błotny
Russian
Горичник болотный
Slovak
Smldník močiarny
Slovenian
Močvirski silj
Swedish
Kärrsilja
Welsh
Ffenigl-y-moch llaethog

Synonyms

  • Athamanta flexuosa Juss. ex DC.
  • Athamanta pisana Savi
  • Calestania palustris (L.) Koso-Pol.
  • Callisace schiefereckii Hoffm.
  • Cnidium palustre (L.) Rchb.
  • Laserpitium simplex Boeber
  • Libanotis annua F.H.Wigg.
  • Oreoselis pisana (Savi) Raf.
  • Peucedanum crouanorum Boreau ex Nyman
  • Peucedanum idanense Gand.
  • Peucedanum palustre var. angustifolia (Rchb.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
  • Peucedanum palustre var. filifolium Brenner
  • Peucedanum palustre var. slinifolium Brenner
  • Peucedanum schiwereckii Eichw.
  • Peucedanum sylvestre DC.
  • Selinum cantabrigense Fisch. ex DC.
  • Selinum intermedium Besser
  • Selinum lactescens Gilib.
  • Selinum palustre L.
  • Selinum plinii (Spreng.) Paxton
  • Selinum schiwerekii Besser
  • Selinum sublactescens Gilib.
  • Selinum sylvestre L.
  • Selinum tysselinum Crantz
  • Sium virens hort. ex Steud.
  • Thyselium palustre (L.) Raf.
  • Thysselinum angustifolium Rchb.
  • Thysselinum crouanorum Boreau
  • Thysselinum palustre (L.) Hoffm.
  • Thysselinum palustre var. macropterum Rupr.
  • Thysselinum palustre var. sylvestre (L.) Klett & Richt.
  • Thysselinum plinii Spreng.
  • Thysselinum schiwerekii (Besser) Besser
  • Thysselinum sylvestre Hoffm.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.