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Berula
Berula is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plant in the carrot family, whose species are known as water parsnip, as are some other plants in Apiaceae such as Sium latifolium and Sium suave. It is easily confused with the highly toxic water hemlock. Water parsnip is a widespread aquatic plant found across Eurasia, Africa, North America, and elsewhere. It is a perennial plant forming stolons at the base where it roots in mud, often underwater. It
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

cutleaf water parsnip
speciesBerula erecta

cutleaf waterparsnip
speciesBerula thunbergii

Berula repanda
speciesBerula repanda

Dwarf Jellico
speciesBerula burchellii

Afrocarum imbricatum
speciesAfrocarum imbricatum

Large Jellico
speciesBerula bracteata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58791.