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Torilis arvensis

(Huds.) Link (1821)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Torilis

spreading hedge parsley

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual 3–10 dm tall.

Stems: Stem slender, erect, branched.

Roots: Taprooted.

Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Blades 5--12 cm, +- ovate, 2--3-pinnate, leaflets 5--60 mm, lanceolate to ovate, regularly pinnately cut; distal cauline leaves generally 1-pinnate. Petioles 2--8 cm. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Inflorescence: peduncle 2--12 cm; bracts 0--2; bractlets several, 2--4 mm, linear; rays 2--10, +- equal; pedicels 1--4 mm. Calyx lobes 0. Petals obcordate, tips narrowed, outer petals +- > others. Ovary inferior; styles short.

Fruit: Fruit: 3--5 mm; oblong-ovate; prickles spreading; length generally = fruit width. Seeds with surfaces grooved.

Ploidy: 2n =12

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Images

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Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Torilis arvensis subsp. arvensis

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Birds
Other Animals

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 265 (1821)

Other References

Staples et al. 2002:5 (NEWNAT/K, KEY); Starr & Starr 2012:87 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Torilis arvensis Kalalau Trail at Pohakuao Found in disturbed soil by the trail. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3059 Kauai BISH 1989-06-14
2 Torilis arvensis Haleakala Visitor Center parking lot Subalpine desert parking lot, growing in crack in concrete, in association with Dubautia menziesii and Plantago lanceolata Preserved_Specimen One plant, .5 meters tall, white to pink flowers with glandlike structures on calyx. sparingly Naturalized. Starr, F. 11101801 Maui BISH 2011-10-18
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