It is an aromatic garden herb, of an order of plants of the cohort umbelliferae, known popularly as the parsley family.
Flowers of many of the parsley family, for example wild carrot, wild parsnip and caraway, are quite odd.
Laserpitium, las-er-pish′i-um, n. a genus of perennial herbs of the parsley family—Las′erwort or herb frankincense.
Water-Eryngo belongs to the parsley family (Apiaceae) and is native in this country.