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Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia

Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)

  • Regional Noxious Weed

  • tuberous-rooted biennial to perennial in the Parsley Family; grows from 0.3 to over 1.8 metres tall; stems are furrowed and hollow with fringe of hairs at stem nodes; fern-like nearly hairless leaves; white flowers produce 2 joined seeds with antenna-like structures at tip

  • taproot can extend over 1.8 metres into the soil

  • wild chervil is not aromatic like the domestic herb, salad chervil

Fern-like leaf
Antenna-like structures at tip of paired seeds

More information on wild chervil
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