spreading hedge-parsley (spreading hedgeparsley)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Robin Robinson (Photo ID #75114)
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, several, more or less hairy, branched, 20-50 cm tall.
Leaves:
Stem leaves 2-3 times pinnately cut, 7-20 cm long, including the 2-8 cm stalks; leaflets lanceolate to egg-shaped; upper stem leaves usually 1-pinnate.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of several compound umbels; the several spokes with a single bract; flowers white.
Fruits:
Oblong egg-shaped, 3-4 mm long, covered with bristles, also with inconspicuous, translucent, appressed spines in lines; beaks not prominent.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
215 | 120 | 270 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
77 | 30 | 105 |
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Aspect (degrees) |
248 | 210 | 330 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
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| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
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| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
8 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CDF(8) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry roadsides and waste places in the lowland zone; rare in SW BC, known only from the lower Fraser Valley; introduced from Eurasia.Status Information
Taxonomic Keys
TAXONOMIC KEY TO TORILIS
1. Fruits 3-4 mm long with more or less straight spines minutely hooked at the tips T. arvensis 1. Fruits 2-2.5 mm long with curved spines not hooked at the tips T. japonica |