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
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_toja_001_lvd
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.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".