Apium nodiflorum

Fool's-water-cress
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Apium
Species:	A. nodiflorum
Binomial name
	Apium nodiflorum; Lag.

Helosciadium nodiflorum (formerly Apium nodiflorum), commonly called fool's watercress,^[1] is a flowering plant found in ditches or streams and native to western Europe. It is a low-growing or prostrate perennial with pinnate leaves which have a vague resemblance to those of watercress. Helosciadium nodiflorum has short-stalked umbels of very small white 5-petalled flowers which are opposite the leaves and grow from the side of the stem at the leaf axils. It blooms in July and August.^[2]^[3]

It is not a poisonous plant, but it could be easily confused with the allegedly poisonous lesser water parsnip – Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville. It is common throughout England, Wales and Ireland but is much less so in Scotland.^[4]

Hybrids[]

There are a number of hybrids involving Helosciadium nodiflorum:

× Beruladium procurrens A.C. Leslie (Berula erecta × H. nodiflorum)^[5]
Helosciadium × moorei (Syme) Warren (Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J. Koch × H. nodiflorum)^[6]
Helosciadium × longipedunculatum (F.W. Schultz) Desjardins (Helosciadium repens (Jacq.) W.D.J. Koch × H. nodiflorum)^[7]
Helosciadium × clandestinum Rita, Capó & Cursach (Helosciadium bermejoi (L. Llorens) Popper & M.F. Watson × H. nodiflorum)^[8]

AHelosciadium nodiflorum, closeup of umbel flowers.

References[]

^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ Fool's-water-cress Wild flowers of Ireland. Accessed July 2011 Apium nodiflorum Fool's-water-cress]
^ Apium nodiflorum (Fool's-water-cress) Online Atlas of British and Irish Flora. Accessed July 2011
^ Apium nodiflorum Peter Llewellyn Wild Flowers of the British Isles, Accessed 2011
^ Desjardins, Stuart D.; Leslie, Alan C.; Stace, Clive A.; Schwarzacher, Trude; Bailey, John P. (2015). "Intergeneric hybridisation between Berula erecta and Helosciadium nodiflorum (Apiaceae)". Taxon. 64 (4): 784–794. doi:10.12705/644.9. ISSN 1996-8175.
^ Desjardins, Stuart D. (2016-09-01). "Molecular confirmation of Helosciadium × moorei ( H. inundatum × H. nodiflorum ; Apiaceae) from County Cork, Ireland". New Journal of Botany. 6 (2–3): 90–97. doi:10.1080/20423489.2016.1271294. ISSN 2042-3489. S2CID 90980061.
^ Desjardins, Stuart D.; Shaw, Andrew G.; Webb, Judith A. (2020-02-26). "Hybridisation and introgression in British Helosciadium (Apiaceae)". British & Irish Botany. 2 (1): 27–42. doi:10.33928/bib.2020.02.027. ISSN 2632-4970.
^ Rita, Juan; Capó, Miquel; Moragues, Eva; Bota, Josefina; Cursach, Joana (2018-02-01). "Hybridization processes in an introduced subpopulation of an endangered plant: Management strategies to guarantee the conservation of Helosciadium bermejoi (Apiaceae)". Journal for Nature Conservation. 41: 26–34. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2017.10.006. ISSN 1617-1381.

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[BSBI07-1] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[2] Fool's-water-cress Wild flowers of Ireland. Accessed July 2011 Apium nodiflorum Fool's-water-cress]

[3] Apium nodiflorum (Fool's-water-cress) Online Atlas of British and Irish Flora. Accessed July 2011

[4] Apium nodiflorum Peter Llewellyn Wild Flowers of the British Isles, Accessed 2011

[5] Desjardins, Stuart D.; Leslie, Alan C.; Stace, Clive A.; Schwarzacher, Trude; Bailey, John P. (2015). "Intergeneric hybridisation between Berula erecta and Helosciadium nodiflorum (Apiaceae)". Taxon. 64 (4): 784–794. doi:10.12705/644.9. ISSN 1996-8175.

[6] Desjardins, Stuart D. (2016-09-01). "Molecular confirmation of Helosciadium × moorei ( H. inundatum × H. nodiflorum ; Apiaceae) from County Cork, Ireland". New Journal of Botany. 6 (2–3): 90–97. doi:10.1080/20423489.2016.1271294. ISSN 2042-3489. S2CID 90980061.

[7] Desjardins, Stuart D.; Shaw, Andrew G.; Webb, Judith A. (2020-02-26). "Hybridisation and introgression in British Helosciadium (Apiaceae)". British & Irish Botany. 2 (1): 27–42. doi:10.33928/bib.2020.02.027. ISSN 2632-4970.

[8] Rita, Juan; Capó, Miquel; Moragues, Eva; Bota, Josefina; Cursach, Joana (2018-02-01). "Hybridization processes in an introduced subpopulation of an endangered plant: Management strategies to guarantee the conservation of Helosciadium bermejoi (Apiaceae)". Journal for Nature Conservation. 41: 26–34. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2017.10.006. ISSN 1617-1381.

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