Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anthriscus caucalis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anthriscus caucalis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anthriscus caucalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-09-001:
Anthriscus scandicina FAMILY Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bur Chervil, Bur-parsley
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
3-7 flowers per umbellet; petals white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Mericarps densely beset with hooked (uncinate) bristles, ribs obsolete, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
Chervil, Corydalis, and Fumitory
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves finely and pinnately dissected or decompound, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Involucre absent. Involucel bractlets 3-5, linear or lanceolate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160426_555
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Freely branched annual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anthriscus caucalis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anthriscus caucalis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anthriscus caucalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-09-001:
Anthriscus scandicina
FAMILY
Apiaceae
3296
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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