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Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Petroselinum Hill, Brit. Herb. 424-425 (1756)
Description
Annual or biennial herbs, usually glabrous. Lvs 1–3-pinnate or ternate; segments broad. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles several, simple or lobed. Petals yellowish green or white, regular, with apex slightly notched and inflexed; calyx teeth minute. Fr. ovoid, slightly flattened laterally, not beaked, spineless; commissure narrow; ribs 5 per mericarp, equal, slender; vittae solitary in furrows.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Hill, J. 1756: The British Herbal. Vol. 42. Edition 1.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
