Skirret

Sium sisarum

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	4-9 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium
Physical characteristics
Height	1.0
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Uses
Edible parts	Root
Names
Alternate name	Suikerwortel, Crummock, Zuckerwurzel
Taxonomy
Family	Apiaceae or Umbelliferae
Origin and spread
Native to	Afghanistan, Altay, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, East European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Romania, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang
Introduced into	Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
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