SOUTHERN CHERVIL
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Chaerophyllum tainturieri Hook.
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| Harvey County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 4-28 inches |
| Family: Apiaceae - Parsley Family |
| Flowering Period: March, April, May, June |
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| Stems: | | Erect, moderately to densely retrorsely pubescent, sometimes becoming glabrescent, not purple-spotted. | | Leaves: | | Basal and cauline, alternate. Basal leaves petiolate; blade 2-3-pinnately or 2-3-ternately compound, broadly ovate to oblong-ovate in outline. Cauline leaves gradually reduced distally on stem; petiole present or absent; blade 1-3-pinnately or 1-3-ternately compound. Leaf blades .8 to 4 inches long, .6 to 2.2 inches wide, surfaces glabrous or sparsely to moderately pubescent abaxially; leaflets .28 to .8 inch long, .2 to .6 inch wide, ultimate segments usually linear, less frequently oblong or elliptic, .04 to .24 inch long, .04 to .12 inch wide. | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal and axillary, compound umbels; peduncles present; involucral bracts absent; rays 1-5, unequal; bractlets 4-6, oblanceolate to elliptic, subtending umbellets and forming involucel; pedicels clavate in fruit. | | Flowers: | | 2-15 flowers per umbellet; calyx lobes absent; petals 5, white, .02 to .04 inch, obovate; stamens 5, filaments distinct; pistil 1, 2-carpellate; ovary inferior, 2-locular, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent; styles 2, often swollen at base; stigmas 2. | | Fruits: | | Schizocarps, lanceoloid, broadest proximal to middle, .16 to .32 inch, usually glabrous, splitting at maturity into two mericarps; mericarps brown to dark brown, with 5 longitudinal ribs, ribs wider than spaces between ribs, oil tubes conspicuous in spaces between ribs. Seeds 1 per mericarp. | | Habitat: | | Tallgrass prairies, roadsides, pastures, open disturbed sites; usually on rocky limestone soils. | | Distribution: | | East 1/2 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Chaerophyllum, rejoice and leaf, alluding to the graceful leaves and agreeable odor and tainturieri, for L. F. Tainturier des Essarts, who sent plants of Louisiana to Sir William Hooker. |
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