Apium repens
Creeping marshwort
Description
Source: wikipedia (CC BY-SA)Helosciadium repens commonly known as creeping marshwort, is a species of plant belonging to the Apiaceae family. It occurs in Western and Central Europe, being rare throughout its range. It grows in wetland areas where it does not have to compete with taller plants due to grazing by animals, periodic flooding during the winter-spring seasons, or mowing. It is considered a species of near-threatened status at the continental level, critically endangered and legally protected in Poland. It is subject to protection within the European Natura 2000 network.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–35°C
Creeping marshwort can adapt to a wide range of temperatures, but its distribution may still be constrained by various combinations of water and heat conditions. It performs best in warm summer climates with sufficient rainfall or watering. Extended periods of cloudy, rainy weather or prolonged high temperatures can raise the chances of Creeping marshwort dying. In winter, adequate protection from the cold can increase the plant's survival rate.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Apium
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 5-9
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 30 cm
- Mature Spread
- 20 cm to 40 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Semi-evergreen
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 0.20 cm to 0.25 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Native Area
- Austria, Slovakia, Montenegro, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Morocco, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Belgium, Portugal