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Sium sisarum

Perennial

HomePerennialSium sisarum

Not known in a truly wild situation but found as an escape from cultivation in damp places.

Family: Apiaceae
Height: 1 m / 4 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 0 of 5
Other Uses: of 5

Native Habitat

Skirret, Suikerwortel (Netherlands), Crummock (Scotland), Zuckewurzel (Germany) Sium sisarum native habitat is Not known in a truly wild situation but found as an escape from cultivation in damp places.

Edible Uses

Root - raw or cooked. Firm, sweet and floury but with a small woody core. The roots have a very acceptable taste raw, that is somewhat like a cross between carrots and parsnip but with a nutty flavour. They can also be boiled, baked or added to soups etc. The roasted root has been used as a coffee substitute.

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