Aromatic herb to 30(–80) cm high; stem striate. Leaves basal and cauline, 3-pinnate; lamina of basal leaves deltoid to triangular, c. 2–12 cm long and wide; leaflets cuneate, lobed or divided, sometimes finely curled along margin, often petiolulate, 1–2.5 cm long. Peduncle to 5(–10) cm long; involucral bracts absent or inconspicuous; rays 8–20, 1–2 cm long; bracteoles 5–12, linear-oblong to ovate; pedicels 2–6 mm long. Petals c. 1 mm long, yellow to green-yellow. Fruit 2.5–3 mm long. Flowers summer and autumn.
VVP, GipP, EGL, HSF, VAlp. Also naturalised SA, Tas. Native to Europe. A widely cultivated culinary herb, recorded as naturalised in a few, near-coastal sites (near Melbourne, Wilsons Promontory, Mallacoota Inlet), probably weakly naturalised elsewhere near cultivated plants.
Source:
Duretto, M.F. (1999). Apiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 256–258. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
