Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- —
Apiaceae
Also called Cow parsley
Formerly Carum sylvestre, Chaerefolium sylvestre, Chaerophyllum sylvestre, Myrrhis sylvestris, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Biennial or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Eurasia to Trop. African Mts.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.7 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- German
- Wiesenkerbel
- Dutch
- Fluitenkruid, fluitenkruid
- Asturian
- cicuta, fediondu, marguienzu
- Chinese
- 峨参, 峨参叶
- Czech
- kerblík lesní
- Welsh
- gorthyfail
- Finnish
- koiranputki
- French
- cerfeuil sauvage
- Simplified Chinese
- 峨参
- Slovenian
- gozdna krebuljica
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Anthriscus sylvestris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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