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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Chervil at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. dasycarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-10-001:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum teinturièri
COMMON NAME:
Southern Chervil, Wild Chervil, Hairyfruit Chervil
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm100313_218b
March Jackson County FL
Leaves ternately decompound, the divisions pinnately divided and redivided, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
Chervil, Corydalis, and Fumitory
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JK Marlow jkm160307_080
March Greenville County SC
Parking lot
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JK Marlow jkm190305_6637
March Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm070407_111
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm070407_111b
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160408_047
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160408_049
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160408_054
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160413_019
April Greenville County SC
Parking lot
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JK Marlow jkm160413_022b
April Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Each 0.5-1" umbel bears 3-10 tiny white flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm160413_023
April Greenville County SC
Parking lot
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JK Marlow jkm160413_025
April Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Petiole sheath ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160426_166
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Involucel bractlets 3-5, ovate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160426_170
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Umbels compound; peduncle usually obsolete; rays usually 3, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160426_536
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160513_009
April Greenville County SC
Parking lot
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JK Marlow jkm170415_693
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7460
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4293
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9137b
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Stems hispid, trichomes spreading, or retrorse below [look at the shadow], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_346
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm110511_455b
May Edgefield County SC
Fruit narrowly ovoid, elongate. Involucel bractlets strongly reflexed in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Chervil, Corydalis, and Fumitory
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JK Marlow s080505_a
May Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
Hairy, erect, branched above (vs. C. procumbens: smooth, branched from base), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. dasycarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-10-001:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum teinturièri
2305
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, fields, per Weakley's Flora
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Spring
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p111
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p146
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p174
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p211
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p115