Cyclospermum leptophyllum

marsh parsley, fine-leaved celery, fir-leaved celery
Family

Apiaceae

Leaf Type

dissected

Growth Form

forb

Flower Color

green, white

Flower Petals

5

Flower Month

March - June

Height (meters)

0.0 - 0.7

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

introduced

Lifespan

annual

Growing Season

Warm season


Wetland Class

FAC

Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism

-1

Field Characters

Easily confused with Ptilimnium, which has axilary, compound umbels, while Apium has terminal, single umbels.

Natural History

A pan-tropical weed that is widely distributed in the moist or wet soil of coastal and blackland prairies.