Wild chervil |
Inflorescence
(double umbel), flowers, leaflet and fruit of the
wild
chervil
| Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. ssp. sylvestris: | |
| Blooming period: | May–August |
| Height: | 60–150 cm |
| Flowers: | Ø 3–6 mm, bisexual, stamens: 5, styles: 2 |
| Petals: | 5, white, the marginal ones enlarged |
| Calyx: | missing |
| Stem leaves: | alternate, 2- to 3-fold pinnate |
Plants biennial, herbaceous.
Stem erect, hollow, distinct furrowed, hirsute and not red spotted at the base, glabrous at the upper part. Not or only slightly thickened below the nodes.
Leaves 15–30 cm long, underneath shiny, leaflets with elongated acute teeth, the upper leaves not narrowly filiform.
Inflorescence: double umbel; umbel with 6 to 15 rays, involucre missing or composed of 1–2 leaves.
Raylet leaves (involucel) 4–8, usually 5, broad-lanceolate and acuminate, hairy at the margin. Raylet leaves not fringed and not triangular. Umbellules with 6 to 18 flowers.
The marginal petals are slightly extended. Petals not ciliated and not incised, possibly slightly emarginate.
The two not strongly spreading styles are twice as long as the stylopodium.
From the ovary consisting of 2 carpels, a 2-part schizocarp developed.
The two mature mericarps are oblong, dark brown, shiny, smooth or with dispersed tubercles.
Fruits more or about as long as its stalk, about 7–10 mm. Petals for a long time remaining on the fruit.
| Floral formula: |
| *–↓ K0 C5 A5 G(2) inferior |
Occurrence:
Meadows,
forests and roadsides, banks, thickets. Prefers slightly moist and
nitrogenous soils.
Distribution:
Temperate
Europe and Asia. Naturalized in North America.