:Common Name

Water dropwort

:Scientific Name

:Introduction

Oenanthe crocata is an endemic plant of Sardinia and Corsica. It belongs to the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family and grows in wet zones, marshes, and swamps at altitudes of between 0 and 1000 m. The oil of this plant is little studied, but its extracts are well known for their high toxicity.

: Details

Its morphological characteristics are hemicryptophytic with leaves similar to parsley, roots with more or less ovoid tubers, tubulous and fluted stem, and 3/4 pennatifid lower leaves with cuneate segments; the 2/3 cauline leaves are pinnate with thinner segments that evolve into linear. The umbels have 10/40 radii with a thin 4/6 mm fruit with elongated styli (24-26). The plant was picked in the balsamic period (June-July) along the river Bonorchis, in the territory of Abbasanta (Nuoro), more precisely in the area between 4°83’ and 4°84’ W longitude and 44°44’ and 44°45’ N latitude.