Helosciadium

Description

The genus Helosciadium includes 5 species of herbaceous plants originating from Europe and North Africa . The genus was described by Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch and published in Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 12: 125. 1824. 2 The type species is: Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) Koch.