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Helosciadium repens (Jacq.) W. D. J. Koch

creeping marshwort (Apiaceae / Umbelliferae)

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Synonym | Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag.

Helosciadium repens is one of the rarest plants in Great Britain, found only in a few flood-meadows near Oxford; its leaves are always simply pinnate, even if growing under water.

Botley (VC22: Berkshire); 2015-09-08

 creeping marshwort / Helosciadium repens: _Helosciadium repens_ is one of the rarest plants in Great Britain, found only in a few flood-meadows near Oxford; its leaves are always simply pinnate, even if growing under water.

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