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Cow parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris

About
Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, Queen Anne's lace or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). It is also sometimes called mother-die, a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae, such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed. It is often confused with Daucus carota, another member of the Apiaceae also known as "Queen Anne's lace" or "wild carrot".
- Family
- Apiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Anthriscus sylvestris
- Slug
- anthriscus-sylvestris
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Anthriscus
- Species
- sylvestris
- Wikidata QID
- Q683490
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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