Fool's parsley
Aethusa cynapium
- Flowering period
- June–September
- Nectar
- mäßig
- Pollen
- mittel
Fool's Parsley flowers from June to September in gardens, on arable land and on roadsides. It resembles parsley but smells unpleasant and is poisonous, which has already led to cases of mistaken identity. Its small white umbels are open and are visited in passing by bees and many small insects. A minor flow in summer. British measurements give around 7 micrograms of sugar per flower per day, around 1,568 pollen grains per flower and a nectar yield of around 65 kilograms of sugar per hectare per year.
Sources (6)
- Aethusa cynapium, Wikipedia
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