Cnidium cnidiifolium (Turcz.) Schischkin
northern hemlock-parsley (Jakutsk snowparsley)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
northern hemlock-parsley (Jakutsk snowparsley)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Alfred Cook (Photo ID #11176)
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a closely clustered, many-rooted stem-base; stems several, branched above, 25-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves soon deciduous; stem leaves 2-3 pinnate, the ultimate segments lanceolate and abruptly sharp-pointed.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of compound umbels with numerous spokes; flowers yellow; involucral bracts 1-several, chaffy or lacking.
Fruits:
Egg-shaped to oblong-oval, 4-5 mm long, glabrous, wings of dorsal ribs almost as broad as the lateral.
Illustration
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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Habitat and Range
Habitat-Range: Moist to mesic meadows, roadsides, gravelly slopes and forest openings in the montane zone; rare in NW BC, known only from the Atlin Road; amphiberingian, N to AK, YT and NT; E. Asia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Conioselinum cnidiifolium (Turcz.) A.E. Porsild