Sium

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Sium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Sium (from Sion, old Greek name used by Dioscorides). Umbelliferae. Glabrous herbs, including one of economic value, S. Sisarum or skirret (which see), the roots of which are used as a vegetable: lvs. pinnate, the pinnae dentate: umbels composite, terminal or lateral; involucres and involucral bracts numerous: fls. white; calyx-teeth acute; petals inflexed: fr. ovate or oblong, laterally compressed or constricted at the junction of carpels.—About 4 species, northern hemisphere, also one species in S. Afr., apt to be subaquatic. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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