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Sium latifolium

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643ffc0fc9be0679168058
Scientific name Sium latifolium
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 251 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Food and beverages:
The young leaves and shoots of Sium latifolium are used as a vegetable in parts of Northern and Eastern Europe, typically boiled or cooked similarly to spinach. Historical records from regions like Scandinavia and Russia document its consumption as a famine food or locally gathered potherb. Preparation methods include boiling with a change of water to reduce potential bitterness, and some traditions preserve the shoots by pickling or fermenting. As with many Apiaceae, all parts contain photosensitizing furanocoumarins; edible use requires proper identification and safe preparation to minimize risks, as documented in regional ethnobotanical literature.

Sustainability and sourcing:
This robust wetland plant is generally considered common within its Eurasian range and is categorized as Least Concern in conservation assessments. It is often harvested from semi-natural habitats like ditches, marshes, and canal margins. No specific cultivation practices are widely documented. Foraging carries the risk of mistaking it for highly toxic water-parsley (Cicuta virosa), a well-documented hazard noted in foraging guides and ethnobotanical sources. Its occurrence in static aquatic environments generally precludes large-scale, sustainable commercial harvesting. Conservation concerns primarily focus on protecting its wetland habitats rather than the plant itself, as the species is not threatened by utilization.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Pimpinella latifolia (L.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 148 (1812)
Sisarum palustre Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 357 (1899)
Sisarum macrophyllum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 248 (1866)
Sisarum germanorum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 248 (1866)
Sium sulcatum Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 316 (1805)
Sium latissimum Boreau Fl. Centre France , ed. 3, 2: 274 (1857)
Selinum sium E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 12: 31 (1904)
Cicuta latifolia Crantz Cl. Umbell. Emend. : 97 (1767)
Coriandrum latifolium Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 3: 101 (1762)
Drepanophyllum latifolium Koso-Pol. Trudy Bot. Sada Imp. Yur'evsk. Univ. 14: 141 (1913)
Drepanophyllum palustre Hoffm. Syll. Pl. Umbell. : 110 (1814)
Sium berula J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 482. 1791 [late Sep-Nov 1791]
Sium aquaticum Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 2(1,5): 259. 1844 [Jul 1844]
Sium latifolium var. grandifolium N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Peninsula Michigan 17. 1874 Kent. Sci. Inst., Misc. Publ 2
Sium latifolium var. univittatum J.M.Black Flora of South Australia 3 1986
Sium latifolium var. longifolium Fr. Fl. Hall. : 52 (1817)
Sium longifolium J.Presl & C.Presl Fl. Čech. : 65 (1819)
Sium lancifolium Schrank Baier. Fl. 1: 556 (1789)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English wideleaf waterparsnip
English greater water-parsnip
Arabic حصواء
Azerbaijani enliyarpaq sukərəvizi
Belarusian Паручайнік шыракалісты
Bulgarian широколистно ручейниче
Catalan grande berle
Czech sevlák potoční
Welsh panasen-y-dŵr lydanddail
Danish bredbladet mærke
German großer merk
German grande berle
German grosser merk
German breitblättriger merk
Estonian jõgiputk
Estonian harilik jõgiputk
Persian ازگیل آبی بزرگ
Finnish sorsanputki
Finnish isosorsanputki
French berle à larges feuilles
French grande berle
Lithuanian plačialapė drėgmenė
Lithuanian grande berle
Macedonian широколистен ренок
Dutch grote watereppe
Polish marek szerokolistny
Russian Поручейник широколистный
Swedish grande berle
Swedish vattenmärken
Swedish vattenmärke
Chinese 欧泽芹
Chinese 歐澤芹

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000431539
UNII 6KI0YX27JV
USDA Plants SILA22
Tropicos 1703252
INPN 123960
Flora of Italy 3486
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849010-1
The Plant List kew-2473946
Open Tree Of Life 671426
NCBI Taxonomy 52573
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003685
IPNI 849010-1
iNaturalist 359459
GBIF 3034530
Freebase /m/0d7d30
EPPO SIULA
EOL 596815
Elurikkus 7290
USDA GRIN 400332
Wikipedia Sium_latifolium

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Phytochemical Classification of Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Kidney Disease Based on Traditional Persian Medicine Rabizadeh F, Mirian MS, Doosti R, Kiani-Anbouhi R, Eftekhari E Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 31-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9357710
doi:10.1155/2022/8022599
PMID:35958915
A Global Overview of Diversity and Phylogeny of the Rust Genus Uromyces Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Verma RK, Sushma, Niranjan M, Devadatha B, Jayawardena RS, Suwannarach N, Karunarathna SC J Fungi (Basel) 14-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9224716
doi:10.3390/jof8060633
PMID:35736116
Local traditional ecological knowledge about hay management practices in wetlands of the Biebrza Valley, Poland Sucholas J, Molnár Z, Łuczaj Ł, Poschlod P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8862566
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00509-9
PMID:35193618
Making a Virtue of Necessity: The Use of Wild Edible Plant Species (Also Toxic) in Bread Making in Times of Famine According to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti (1766) Paura B, Di Marzio P Biology (Basel) 11-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8869735
doi:10.3390/biology11020285
PMID:35205151
Autophagy—an underestimated coordinator of construction and destruction during plant root ontogeny Wojciechowska N, Michalak KM, Bagniewska-Zadworna A Planta 28-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8238727
doi:10.1007/s00425-021-03668-3
PMID:34184131
Comparative analysis of root sprouting and its vigour in temperate herbs: anatomical correlates and environmental predictors Bartušková A, Filartiga AL, Herben T, Qian J, Klimešová J Ann Bot 05-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8225279
doi:10.1093/aob/mcab030
PMID:33619533
Herbal Medicine for Oligomenorrhea and Amenorrhea: A Systematic Review of Ancient and Conventional Medicine Moini Jazani A, Hamdi K, Tansaz M, Nazemiyeh H, Sadeghi Bazargani H, Fazljou SM, Nasimi Doost Azgomi R Biomed Res Int 18-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5878906
doi:10.1155/2018/3052768
PMID:29744355
The characterisation of microsatellite markers reveals tetraploidy in the Greater Water Parsnip, Sium latifolium (Apiaceae) Dalton NJ, Horsburgh GJ, Dawson DA BMC Res Notes 12-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5469066
doi:10.1186/s13104-017-2528-6
PMID:28606172
Plant trait characteristics vary with size and eutrophication in European lowland streams Baattrup‐Pedersen A, Göthe E, Larsen SE, O'Hare M, Birk S, Riis T, Friberg N J Appl Ecol 21-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC7166906
doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12509
PMID:32336776
Regulation of the KNOX-GA Gene Module Induces Heterophyllic Alteration in North American Lake Cress Nakayama H, Nakayama N, Seiki S, Kojima M, Sakakibara H, Sinha N, Kimura S Plant Cell 16-Dec-2014
PMCID:PMC4311196
doi:10.1105/tpc.114.130229
PMID:25516600
A new approach to species delimitation in Septoria Verkley GJ, Quaedvlieg W, Shin HD, Crous PW Stud Mycol 30-Jun-2013
PMCID:PMC3713889
doi:10.3114/sim0018
PMID:24014901
The structure of a new sesquiterpene - Siol acetate from Sium latifolium L. Carlo Giulio Casinovi, Silvio Cerrini, Otakar Motl, Giuseppe Fardella, Walter Fedeli, Enrico Gavuzzo, Doriano Lamba Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry 08-Mar-2011
doi:10.1135/CCCC19832411
Plant identification credibility in ethnobotany: a closer look at Polish ethnographic studies Łuczaj ŁJ J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3022638
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-36
PMID:21167056
The male sterility 8 mutation of maize disrupts the temporal progression of the transcriptome and results in mis-regulation of metabolic functions Wang D, Oses-Prieto JA, Li KH, Fernandes JF, Burlingame AL, Walbot V Plant J 01-Sep-2010
PMCID:PMC2974755
doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04294.x
PMID:20626649
The search for reference conditions for stream vegetation in northern Europe BAATTRUP‐PEDERSEN A, SPRINGE G, RIIS T, LARSEN SE, SAND‐JENSEN K, KJELLERUP LARSEN LM Freshw Biol 19-May-2008
PMCID:PMC7201899
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02003.x
PMID:32390673

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
Myrcene 31253 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids
P-Cymene 7463 Click to see 134.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(-)-beta-Pinene 440967 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
(-)-Camphene 440966 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
(+-)-alpha-Pinene 6654 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
alpha-Pinene, (+)- 82227 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
Beta-Pinene 14896 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
Camphene 6616 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
(+)-Limonene 440917 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
Limonene, (+/-)- 22311 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
Perillaldehyde 16441 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC(=CC1)C=O 150.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
Perillaldehyde, (+)- 1548901 Click to see 150.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(8a-hydroxy-3a,6-dimethyl-3-oxo-1-propan-2-yl-2,4,7,8-tetrahydro-1H-azulen-4-yl) acetate 162998929 Click to see 294.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411
[(1R,3aR,4R,8aS)-8a-hydroxy-3a,6-dimethyl-3-oxo-1-propan-2-yl-2,4,7,8-tetrahydro-1H-azulen-4-yl] acetate 162998932 Click to see 294.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1135/CCCC19832411

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