Fool's-watercress | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Helosciadium |
Species: | H. nodiflorum
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Binomial name | |
Helosciadium nodiflorum |
Helosciadium nodiflorum[2] (synonym: Apium nodiflorum), fool's watercress,[1] is a flowering plant found in ditches or streams, as well as fresh and brackish-water wetlands native to western Europe. It is not poisonous to humans but it could be easily confused with the allegedly poisonous lesser water parsnip.