Fine-leaved Water-dropwort
Fine-leaved Water-dropwort - Oenanthe aquatica
Glabrous; stems hollow; leaves 2-4 pinnate, leaf-segments ovate/linear; usually no bracts, short bracteoles. Some umbels axillary and opposite leaflets; peduncles shorter than rays.
Oenanthe fluviatilis; other wetland umbellifers
Good quality photos of umbels (side-on, not top-down) to show bracts/bracteoles; photograph of leaves and growth habit; note habitat. We recommend that you retain a specimen in case expert verfication is needed
Still or slow-moving water, marshes, shallow ponds and ditches
Declining throughout its range. See the BSBIs Plant Atlas 2020 website
It is on the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Hall & Woodward, 2022) as 'locally rare' with few recent records.
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