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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Southern Chervil at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Var. tainturieri (with fruits glabrous) and var. dasycarpum (with fruits pubescent) are sometimes distinguished (see synonymy). They have largely overlapping distributions, and seem unlikely to warrant taxonomic status, but need additional study, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. dasycarpum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-10-001:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri FAMILY Apiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum dasycarpum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum floridanum
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chta_001_lvd
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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 (Nelson, 2006).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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
)
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 Pickens 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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. dasycarpum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-10-001:
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum dasycarpum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum floridanum
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum teinturièri
2305
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 (Nelson, 2006) p111
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p146
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p031
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p174
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p211
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p115
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