NameThatPlant.net: Torilis japonica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Torilis japonica FAMILY Apiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

The Minnesota Wildflowers website has a good description of this plant.

Read more about Torilis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Torilis japonica FAMILY Apiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Hedge-parsley, Erect Hedge-parsley

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Torilis japonica FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Torilis japonica FAMILY Apiaceae

3826

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare in NC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Ternately, pinnately or 2-pinnately compound
Alternate & basal rosette

FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-merous
5 petals
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

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