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Water-dropworts
Oenanthe
Oenanthe, known as water dropworts, oenanthes, water parsleys, and water celeries, are a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae. Most of the species grow in damp ground, such as in marshes or in water.
Several of the species are extremely poisonous, the active poison being oenanthotoxin. The most notable of these is O. crocata, which lives in damp, marshy ground, and resembles celery with roots like a bunch of large white carrots. The leaves may be eaten safely by livestock, but the stems, and especially the carbohydrate-rich roots are much more poisonous. Animals familiar with eating the leaves may eat the roots when these are exposed during ditch clearance: one root is sufficient to kill a cow, and human fatalities are also known. It has been referred to as the most poisonous of all British plants, and is considered particularly dangerous because of its similarity to several edible plants.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hemlock Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe crocata
water parsley
speciesOenanthe sarmentosa
Java water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe javanica
Fine-leaved Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe aquatica
Corky-fruited Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe pimpinelloides
Tubular Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe fistulosa
Parsley Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe lachenalii
Narrow-leaved Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe silaifolia
Oenanthe divaricata
speciesOenanthe divaricata
Mediterranean Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe globulosa
River Water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe fluviatilis
milk-parsley water-dropwort
speciesOenanthe peucedanifolia
Few-flowered Water Celery
speciesOenanthe benghalensis
Oenanthe prolifera
speciesOenanthe prolifera
Oenanthe banatica
speciesOenanthe banatica
Oenanthe thomsonii
speciesOenanthe thomsonii
Oenanthe linearis
speciesOenanthe linearis
Oenanthe incrassans
speciesOenanthe incrassans
Oenanthe conioides
speciesOenanthe conioides
Oenanthe foucaudii
speciesOenanthe foucaudii
Oenanthe palustris
speciesOenanthe palustris
Oenanthe millefolia
speciesOenanthe millefolia
Oenanthe montis-khortiati
speciesOenanthe montis-khortiati
Oenanthe virgata
speciesOenanthe virgata
Oenanthe abchasica
speciesOenanthe abchasica
Oenanthe tricholoba
speciesOenanthe tricholoba
Oenanthe mildbraedii
speciesOenanthe mildbraedii
Oenanthe pringlei
speciesOenanthe pringlei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A New Distribution of Umbelliferous Plants
Robert Morison · 1672 · p.135
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.596
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.594
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.470
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.478
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.790
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.645
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1041
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1040
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1039
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1038
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.350
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60128.