Prairie parsley

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Prairie parsley flowers

Prairie parsley inflorescence

Prairie parsley inflorescence umbels

Prairie parsley

Prairie parsley

Prairie parsley flowers

Prairie parsley habit

Prairie parsley habit

Prairie parsley flowers

Prairie parsley leaf

Prairie parsley

Prairie parsley

Prairie parsley leaf

Morphology

Stem

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.

Inflorescence

Umbels, compound, loose, somewhat rounded, 2 to 5 inches wide, 6- to 12-rayed, terminal.

Flower

Many; calyx teeth ovate; tips pointed; corollas tiny, 5-parted, yellow to greenish yellow.

Fruit

Elliptic to round, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, flattened, corky-winged, glabrous, splitting into a pair of 1-seeded segments; seeds flat.

Ecology

Habitat

Dry, rocky soils of prairies and open woods.

Distribution

Principally east 1/3 of Kansas.