Ceguta de agua

Description

Oenanthe fistulosa is a species of the family of the Apiaceae . It is a perennial plant that reaches from 50 cm to 1 meter in height, the thin stem radical or swollen, hollow, furrowed and erect. The inflorescence with white or pink flowers, in umbels . The globose fruit in umbels. It is found in swamps and canals, throughout France and Corsica , Europe , western Asia , to India and northern Africa . Oenanthe fistulosa was described by Linnaeus and published in Sp Pl.. 1: 254. 1753 Oenanthe : generic name that derives from Greek oinos = "wine", for a plant with a wine smell, and the ancient Greek name for some thorny plant. fistulose ; Latin epithet meaning "tubular". Number of chromosomes of Oenanthe fistulosa (Fam Umbelliferae.) And infraspecific taxa: 2n = 22