Common name:
Milk parsley
Family:
Scientific name:
Peucedanum palustre
Main flower color:
Range:
East Anglia, and a small number of sites elsewhere in England and Wales
Height:
Up to 150 cm
Habitat:
Fens
Flowers:
In flat-topped umbels up to 10 cm across, typically containing 15 to 20 rays, all of similar length. Bracts and bracteoles are relatively broad, green at the center, white along the margins, often with a reddish streak between white and green
Leaves:
Hairless, pinnately divided between two and four times into narrow segments, pointed but not spiny at the tips. On ridged stems
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
