Anthriscus caucalis

Dogs and chervil ( Anthriscus caucalis )

The dog and chervil ( Anthriscus caucalis ) is a species of the genus chervil ( Anthriscus ), belongs to the family of Umbelliferae ( Apiaceae ).

Description

The dog - Chervil is a delicate, odorless Therophyt with thin root. He is 15 to 80 cm high. His round, upright stem is the reason often purple. Its leaves are three to four times pinnatisect and dark green. The leaf sheaths are hairy hautrandig and shaggy.

The umbels are seemingly against constantly and are three to fünfstrahlig. A sleeve is missing. The rays are almost bare. The Hüllchen are one to five petals. The flowers are small, greenish white; the petals are about 0.5 mm long, emarginate short, with a very short indistinct Spitzchen. The 4 to 5 mm long fruits are ripe dark brown to black, ovoid, densely bristly hooked and have a 1 to 2 mm long beak. The stylus is missing almost completely.

Ecology

The dog - Chervil is a rare, extremely thermophilic Ruderalpflanze. It flowers from April to June and reproduces by self-pollination, with the stamens bend inward. The hook-shaped fruits allow dispersal by animals. After the fruit ripens in July, the plant dies.

Dissemination

The dog - chervil has been spread from the Mediterranean north to central Europe and introduced to Britain.