Genus of flowering plants
Anthriscus Apiaceae , growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia . It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, Anthriscus cerefolium
Anthriscus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the mouse moth (recorded on cow parsley ).
The hollow stem is erect and branched, ending in compound umbels of small white or greenish flowers . The leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate.
Garden Chervil Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
Species of Anthriscus
Anthriscus africana Anthriscus caucalis Bur chervil (native to Africa and Eurasia, introduced elsewhere)Anthriscus cerefolium Garden chervil, French parsley (native to Eurasia, introduced elsewhere)Anthriscus fumarioides Anthriscus glacialis Lipsky (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan)Anthriscus kotschyi Anthriscus lamprocarpa Anthriscus mollis Anthriscus nemorosa Anthriscus nitida Anthriscus ruprechtii Anthriscus schmalhausenii Anthriscus sylvestris Wild chervil (native to Africa and Eurasia, introduced elsewhere)Anthriscus tenerrima Anthriscus velutinus
Etymology
The name is from the Latin Anthriscus and Greek anthriskos , names for chervil , and may be connected to the Greek athēr , the "beard" of grain .[ 1]
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