Hedge parsley

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Hedge parsley

Hedge parsley inflorescence

Hedge parsley inflorescence

Hedge parsley leaf

Hedge parsley

Hedge parsley fruit

Hedge parsley fruit

Morphology

Stem

Erect, slender, widely spreading, wiry-branched, appressed-bristly hairy.

Leaves

Alternate, stalked, triangular in outline, 2-3 times pinnately divided; leaflets ovate to linear-lanceolate, .25 to 2.5 inch long, to .75 inch wide, short hairy; margins toothed or regularly divided; tips pointed.

Inflorescence

Umbels, compound, loose, open, 1/2 to 2 inches wide, on slender stalks 1 to 5 inches long, terminal and lateral; primary and secondary umbels with 3-9 rays 1/2 to 1 inch long.

Flower

Tiny, white; calyx teeth present or absent; petals 5, outer petals usually with 2 lobes.

Fruit

Egg-shaped, less than 1/5 inch long, ribbed, densely covered with microscopic hooked bristles.

Ecology

Habitat

Waste areas, edges of woods, and low shady places.

Distribution

East 2/3 of Kansas.

Additional Notes