| Forest Chervil |
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| File size | 202333 |
| Original date | 5/12/12 12:59 PM |
| Resolution | 956 x 717 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Anthriscus nemorosa Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Synonyms: Chaerefolium nemorosum, Anthriscus rivularis, Anthriscus aemula
Synonyms: Chaerefolium nemorosum, Anthriscus rivularis, Anthriscus aemula
Forest Chervil is a nitrate loving plant, 1-3 m tall.
Stem is stout, striped, branched. Leaves are 20-40 cm long, hairless to
velvet-hairy, double compound; leaflets lanceshaped to oval, pinnately
cut. Flower-cluster-stalks are 3-8 cm long. Involucre of 1 or 2 linear
bracts or lacking. Rays are 10-15, unequal, 2-5 cm long. Involucel of
5-6 lanceshaped to oval or ovate bractlets, margins entire or fringed
with hairs, veins prominent. Petals white, outer larger. Fruit is
lanceshaped to oblong, black, 1 cm long, beaked, tuberculate to bristly
or bristly; furrows 1-2-vittate; vittae minute. Forest Chervil is found
in S. Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, to Japan, amd
Western Himalaya.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Dachhigam Kashmir. |
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