Chaerophyllum aureum (L) Golden Chervil
NOMENCLATURE
Chaerophyllym : from Greek, __________ from ______ :
chairo : I please & _______ phyllum : leaf.
aureum : gold.
UK Wildflowers Picture Link to Chaerophyllym aureum
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
TYPE : robust hairy perennial. Hs. AROMA :liquorice smell.
STEM : solid, grooved, swollen below the nodes, sometimes purple spotted. HEIGHT : 150cm.
UMBELS : 58 cm diam. Compound. 1225 glabourous rays, 1.53(4.5)cm
long peduncle, > than rays. Terminal hermaphrodite. Lateral male.
LEAVES : 3pinnate, pale yellowish green, appresed hairy to nearly glabrous on both surfaces,
margins shortly ciliate. long-petiolate. Lobes 1040mm, lancolate, deeply toothed or lobed,
the teeth narrowed to the apex. Cotyledons tapered at base. no petiole.
BRACTS : 03. subulate 2cm. Bracteoles 58, = or > than pedicels in flower,
lanceolate, aristate, fringed, hairy, ultimately deflexed.
FLOWERS : pure white, sepals minute. Styles form a stylopodium. Fl. 67.
FRUIT : 9mm, oblong but narrowed rather abruptly near the apex, constricted at the commisure.
Mericarps : broad, rounded ridges. Carporphore present. Vittae solitary. Pedicels : no ring of
hairs at apex. Styles x2 > as the stylopodium, recurved, stigma capitate. 2n=22.
HABITAT : open meadows.
DISTRIBUTION : intro. Naturalised in a few places in S.Scotland and S.England.
Particularily Callander. W.Perth. Native in C. & S. Europe. S.W. Asia.
Distribution Map for Chaerophyllum aureum
EXTERNAL LINKS FOR Chaerophyllum aureum
These links to trusted websites and institutions may provide in depth or additional information regards cultivation, chemistry, edibility, images etc. for the species. Links last updated Aug 2012. (Crossover info with cultivated celery).
Bio Info (UK) National Center for Biotechnology Info (USA)
German Wiki (GER)
'Online Guide To The Umbelliferae' Compiled by J.M.Burton 2002.