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Dear All, I am writing from Hungary (Eastern Europe). I am unable to identify a plant growing (quite abundantly) here in our creek, despite having Googled just about every variation of 'aquatic plants' (water plants; creek plants; etc) I could think of, in hopes of finding the images. Unfortunately no luck. I have also asked several of my neighbours, but no luck there either. The plant in question (please see images attached) smells faintly like carrot when crushed (both the stalk/stem and the leaves) and (at it's heighest) is one (1) meter in height. Given that it appears to be edible (purely a lay-mans assessment mind you) my question is a) what is it? and b) is it edible? I was hoping it was watercress, but the leaves don't match. Any help is most appreciated! :)
It could be from the Lamiaceae group- a relative of mint, although the carrot scent makes me think it may be Apiaceae. I've seen some pictures of Sison amomum that look a lot like yours:
