Annual herb to 70 cm high. Stem single, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves (2–)3(–4)-pinnate; lamina 3.5–7.5 cm long, 3–7 cm wide, hairy abaxially; uppermost leaves pinnate; petiole 1.5–7.5 cm long. Umbels lateral, 2.5–5 cm diam.; bracts absent; common peduncle 0.5–2 cm long; rays 1–2.3 cm long, glabrous; umbellules 3–6, 4–6-flowered; bracteoles 3–5, margins ciliate; pedicels 3–6 mm long. Flowers 1–2 mm diam.; male flowers absent; petals white, 0.5–1 mm long; styles parallel. Fruit pyriform, tuberculate or smooth, with hooked bristles; mericarps 3–4 mm long, maturing to dark brown or black. Flowers spring.
CVU. Recorded once in Victoria at Mt Beckworth near Clunes in 1963. Native to Europe, north-west Africa and Turkey.
