Texas
Wildbuds

Cyclospermum leptophyllum

(Marsh Parsley)

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Cyclospermum leptophyllum, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4703

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Cyclospermum leptophyllum, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4711

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Cyclospermum leptophyllum, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4720

Scientific Name Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Apia leptophyllum) USDA PLANTS Symbol CYLE7
Common Name Marsh Parsley ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 507572
Family Apiaceae (Parsley) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Various types of moist soils in open areas, ditches, low areas and disturbed sites; considered a weed.
Plant: Annual with erect to spreading stems, 2 to 24 inches tall; stems branching above and have grooves.
Leaves: Pinnately-divided 3 or 4 times into linear-filiform segments, each about 3/4-inch long; overall up to 4 inches long and 3 inches across.
Inflorescence: Many very small flowers in simple or compound umbels; each flower is only 1 to 2 mm across when fully open, and has 3 to 5 white petals and 5 stamens.
Bloom Period: March to June.
References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Plants for a Future, Illinois Wildflowers and SEINet.
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Texas Status:
Introduced

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