milk-parsley
peucedanum palustre latin

Milk-parsley (Peucedanum palustre)

Amongst the rare insects is the Swallowtail Butterfly which feeds on milk-parsley, the Norfolk hawker Aeshna isosceles and emperor dragonfly.

Milk Parsley (Peucedanum palustre) is a plant in the family Apiaceae.

It is the only known location of Milk Parsley Peucedanum palustre in the south-east.

Milk-parsley (Peucedanum palustre)

It nearly always lays its eggs on Milk Parsley (Peucedanum palustre) in contrast to its European cousin that will select most umbellifers.

The larvae feed on various umbelliferous plants, including Daucus carota, Chaerophyllum temulum, Peucedanum palustre, Apium graveolens and Oenanthe crocata.

The larvae feed on various Apiaceae species, including Aegopodium podagraria, Heracleum sphondylium, Peucedanum oreoselium, Peucedanum palustre and Angelica silvestris.

Plants of interest are milk parsley peucedanum palustre the foodplant of the swallowtail, hop humulus lupulus, yellow flag iris pseudacorus, angelica angelica sylvestris, marsh helleborine epipactis palustris and southern marsh orchid dactylorhiza incarnata.