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Light Requirements: full sun/part shade

Soil Moisture: medium wet/wet

Bloom Color: white

Bloom Time: July-September

Height: 4 ft.

Root Structure: fibrous

Deer Resistant? Yes

Black Walnut tolerant? Not Sure

Grown from local seed? No

New York Flora Distribution Map

Water Parsnip (Sium suave)

From $6.00

I'm a native of New York state and Tompkins County.

I'm a water loving plant that is a relative of the carrot.

I'm edible, but because of the similar looking toxic species such as the non-native and deadly, Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) and another non-native wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) which causes skin rashes, burns and blisters, please be safe and don't eat me. But please plant me as I am a beautiful native and an important member of our local ecosytems.

I work well in rain gardens.

I attract pollinators and am the larval host for the black swallowtail butterfly.

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