Taxon: Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

MA*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. alpina (no accessions)
• Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. fumarioides (1 accessions)
• Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. nemorosa (no accessions)
• Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. sylvestris (no accessions)

Common names:

• cow-parsley   (Source: M. F. Watson, p.c.) – English
  
• keck   (Source: M. F. Watson, p.c.) – English
  
• wild chervil   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• e shen   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• cerfeuil sauvage   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• Wiesen-Kerbel   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• shaku   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• cerefólio-do-campo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cerefolho-do-campo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• hundkäx   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (of cultivated umbellifers fide Polish Bot Stud 13:47. 1997)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide F USSR)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Anthriscus sylvestris from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire [e.]
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Yemen
  Western Asia: Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey [n.e.]
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [s.e.]; Kyrgyzstan; Turkmenistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
  China: China - Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir; Nepal
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa - Eastern Cape
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey [e.]

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Burtt, B. L. 1991. Umbelliferae of Southern Africa: an introduction and annotated check-list. Edinburgh J. Bot. 48:182.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Darbyshire, S. J. et al. 1999. The biology of Canadian weeds. 111. Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 79:671–682.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Spalik, K. 1997. Revision of Anthriscus (Apiaceae). Polish Bot. Stud. 13:44.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Watson, M. F. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Anthriscus sylvestris.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Anthriscus sylvestris.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Anthriscus sylvestris.

Synonyms:

• Anthriscus fumarioides (Waldst. & Kit.) Spreng. [≡ Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. fumarioides]
  
• Chaerophyllum alpinum Vill. [≡ Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. alpina]
  
• Chaerophyllum nemorosum M. Bieb. [≡ Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. nemorosa]
  
• Scandix fumarioides Waldst. & Kit. [≡ Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. fumarioides]
  

Check other web resources for Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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