WILD CHERVIL
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WILD CHERVIL

Chaerophyllum procumbens
PARSLEY FAMILY (Apiaceae)

Identification

  • Flowering time - April, May, June
  • Locally common on Fontenelle Forest floodplain
  • Tiny flower with 5 petals
  • Fern like leaves
  • Slender, ridged seed pod
  • WILD CHERVIL
  • WILD CHERVIL
  • WILD CHERVIL
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This inconspicuous native annual has weak and spreading stems up to 18 inches long. The leaves are divided into fern or parsley like leaflets (A,B). The tiny (1/8 inch), white flowers have 5 petals (C). They are arranged in a sparse cluster (umbel) at the ends of thin stalks. The fruit is a slender, ridged pod (D).

Locally common in moist floodplain woods at Fontenelle Forest north of Gifford Road.  It has not yet been documented at Neale Woods.  Flowering occurs from April to June.

This species is easily overlooked because of its low, spreading habit and tiny white flowers.

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