CHÆROPHYLLUM temulentum.
Rough Cow Parsleyù
PENTANDRIA Digynia.
G eîÏ. Char. General invol. none; partial reflexed, concave.
Petals heart-shaped. Fruit oblong, smoothish.
Spec. CÎhar. Stem rough, swelled under each joint.
Syn. Chærophyllum temulentum. Linn. Sp. PI. 370.
Sm. FI. Brit. 326. Buds. 125. With. 308.
Hull. 63. Relh. 119. Sibth. 10 1 . Abbot. 66.
Curt. Bond. fasc. 6. t. 24.
Cerefolium sylvestre. Raii Synv 2 0 7 »
C o m m o n in shady places and under hedges, where its
flowers are seen in abundance throughout the months of June
and July. The rough stem, swelled below the insertion of
every leaf, and speckled with purple, and the young drooping
umbels, are its distinguishing characters.
The root is biennial, tap-shaped, often divided. Stem
about 3 feet high, branched, leafy, round, slightly striated,
rough with spreading hairs. Leaves alternate, doubly pinnate,
pinnatifid and lobed, hairy, pale or rather glaucous beneath.
Umbels rough, spreading. Partial involucra lanceolate,, slightly
confluent at their base, rough at the margin and keel. Petals
pure white, irregular, deeply cloven. Fruit oblong, very
smooth and polished, scarcely striated.
The whole plant has a sweetish aromatic flavour, and is
eaten by cattle. It is often subject to a blight or mildew.