Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow Parsley ( Anthriscus sylvestris)
The Cow Parsley ( Anthriscus sylvestris, Syn: Chaerophyllum sylvestre ) is a species of the genus chervil ( Anthriscus ), which belongs to the carrot family ( Apiaceae ). Among the Central European umbellifers he is the earliest flowering representative.
Description
The Cow Parsley is a perennial or biennial herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height of 60 to 150 centimeters. The stem is hollow and furrowed. The two-to three pinnate leaves are 15 to 30 inches long and have a triangular outline. The leaflets are ovate and pinnate.
The flowering period extends from April to July. The relatively small, white flowers are borne in inflorescences doppeldoldigen.
Ecology
The Cow Parsley is a semi- rosette plant with a tuberose root.
On heavily fertilized fat meadows of the Cow Parsley often impressed together with the sharp buttercup (Ranunculus acris ), the appearance in the spring. The species is particularly encouraged by the spreading of livestock manure.
Ecologically flowers is " nectar leading disk flowers " from Heracleum type. In the composite cones can be found next hermaphrodite and male flowers; the plant is so andromonözisch. There you will find a flower visitors of all kinds, but especially beetles.
The carpels are Doppelachänen which decompose into two parts. It is mainly spread by random ungulates ie the fruits are added to the feed and get with the manure back to the meadow. In addition, a distribution occurs as dehydration spreader; it is up to 1 meter reaches a spreading width. Fruit ripening from July to September.
Toxicology
If you touch the Cow Parsley can cause phototoxic reactions on the skin. Main ingredients for this skin irritation are: bergapten, xanthotoxin and Apterin.
Occurrence
The Cow Parsley is often widespread and far into Central Europe and comes from the valleys up to the tree line in the Alps before. As nitrogen pointer it grows in sunny to semi- shaded locations in fresh, nutrient-rich to over-fertilized lawns, as well as forest and shrubbery borders and in Hochstaudenfluren.
Agriculture
By farmers, the plant is not appreciated. Only in young and non flowering state is the cow parsley a little nutritious food. In the hay he is worthless because of his hard stalks. Due to its strong growth, he is also able to displace more valuable meadow plants for farmers.
Use as a food
The Cow Parsley has a slightly harsher taste than the real one Chervil, with a slight flavor of carrots. It is used to flavor salads, cottage cheese, wild herb soups. Young leaves were formerly also cooked to a wild vegetables.
It should however be noted that a likelihood of confusion with the very toxic spotted hemlock and the numbing Hedge Chervil is.
Trivial names
For the Cow Parsley or were, sometimes only regionally, including the names Bange ( Glarus ), Bäumlikraut ( Glarus ), Book Holder ( Württemberg), Buggla (St. Gallen), Bush Moren, Cherbel (St. Gallen Toggenburg ), Chrabella (Bern), Emtstengel ( Appenzell ), Donkey Korbel, Eselspeterlein, Fine Scherre (Memmingen ), Hartkopf (Eifel near Nuremberg ), Hartkopp (Eifel near Nuremberg ), Heustengel ( Appenzell ), Hingst Wend ( Ostfriesland), wild Ibarach (St. Gallen), calves Kerner, Kalberkropf ( East Prussia ), calves scissors, Kalbarkrop (Mecklenburg), Kalverkropp (Altmark, Pomerania ), Kelber core ( resin ), chervil core Kirbel ( Bern, Lucerne), Kirbelstengel ( Bern, Lucerne), cocker ( Butjaden ), wild Körffel, Korbelkom, Krabellen ( Lucerne), Krebellen (Bern), Kreblikraut (Bern), Kruud ( Ostfriesland), Kuhpeterlein (Silesia ), Ledepipenkrud, Ledespypenkrut, Leiterlikraut (Bern), Paguda (St. Gallen, Sargans ), horse cumin (Eifel ), Piffenkrut, Pigudabengel (St. Gallen Sargans ) Pipencrud, junk springs ( Vaud, Valais ), Ross caraway (St. Gallen, Upper Rhine Valley, Upper Toggenburg ), Schärläch ( Glarus ), flock beeping (Oldenburg ), Scharpenpiepen ( Elsfleth ), scissors, hemlock (Eifel near Daun ), Tigerlikraut ( Glarus ), Tschickan (Graubünden ), water cabbage ( throwing), Windroslein, Wolf root and Zieger ( Glarus ) are common.