Plants : ApiaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch

Masterwort

Description: A rather handsome robust perennial reaching about 3 ft (90 cm), and with divided leaves, the ultimate segments large, oval and toothed. Flowers are white, carried in large round-topped umbels.

An old introduction now found mainly along some river banks in Co Tyrone.

All names: Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch

Distribution Map from NBN: Peucedanum ostruthium at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Peucedanum ostruthium at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Peucedanum ostruthium. (L.) Koch. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3708. Accessed on 2026-11-02.