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Cut-leaved Water Parsnip (Berula erecta) |
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Sium suave Cut-leaved Water Parsnip can easily be confused with Hemlock Water Parsnip. The leaves of Cut-leaved Water Parsnip are more irregularly toothed and not clearly lancelike. The bracts of Cut-leaved Water Parsnip are wider and the stem is not as strongly ridged.
Cicuta maculata The leaves of Water Hemlock are doubly divided and not lancelike. Cut-leaved Water Parsnip (Berula erecta) Identification: Flowers white, arranged in well-formed umbels. Base of umbel with rosette of large, wide, leaflike bracts. Stem weakly ridged. Leaves divided into 3 to 7 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets coarsely, raggedly toothed, sometimes with projections. Plant 2 to 6 feet in height. Distribution: A northern and western species entering southeastern Canada, southward to Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, and New York. Habitat: Cut-leaved Water Parsnip is found in swamps and other areas of muddy water. Flowering period: July to September.
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Cut-leaved Water Parsnip (Berula erecta)
Similar Species: Hemlock Water Parsnip (Sium suave) Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
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