PRAIRIE PARSLEY
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Polytaenia nuttallii DC.
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
Perennial |
Height: 1-3 feet |
Family: Apiaceae - Parsley Family |
Flowering Period: May, June |
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Stems: | | Erect, stout, solitary, branched above, minutely pubescent. | Leaves: | | Alternate, on stalks 1.5 to 6 inches long, triangular in outline, 2-3 times pinnately compound; leaflets ovate to oblong, 2.5 to 7 inches long, 2.5 to 6 inches wide; margins toothed to entire; upper leaves reduced. | Inflorescences: | | Umbels, compound, loose, somewhat rounded, 2 to 5 inches wide, 6- to 12-rayed, terminal. | Flowers: | | Many; calyx teeth ovate; tips pointed; corollas tiny, 5-parted, yellow to greenish yellow. | Fruits: | | Elliptic to round, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, flattened, corky-winged, glabrous, splitting into a pair of 1-seeded segments; seeds flat. | Habitat: | | Dry, rocky soils of prairies and open woods. | Distribution: | | Principally east 1/3 of Kansas. |
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Prairie parsley flowers | ![](thumbnails/pparsley.jpg) | 104 KB | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley | ![](thumbnails/pparsley2.jpg) | 167 KB | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley inflorescence umbels | ![](thumbnails/pparsley4.jpg) | 109 KB | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley | ![](thumbnails/pparsley3.jpg) | 169 KB | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley flowers | ![](thumbnails/pparsley8.jpg) | 88 KB | Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley | ![](thumbnails/pparsley20.jpg) | 99 KB | Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley flowers | ![](thumbnails/pparsley10.jpg) | 88 KB | Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley leaf | ![](thumbnails/pparsleyleaf.jpg) | 167 KB | Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley habit | ![](thumbnails/Polytaenia-nuttallii.jpg) | 125 KB | Chase County, Kansas |
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| Prairie parsley leaf | ![](thumbnails/Polytaenia_nuttallii2.jpg) | 185 KB | Marshall County, Kansas |
| Prairie parsley inflorescence | ![](thumbnails/Polytaenia_nuttallii3.jpg) | 114 KB | Marshall County, Kansas |
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