Common name:
Knotted hedgeparsley
Family:
Scientific name:
Torilis nodosa
Main flower color:
Range:
Central, south and east England, lowland regions of Wales and parts of southern Ireland
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Cultivated fields, sloping grassland, especially coastal
Flowers:
In clusters, from the leaf nodes, subtended by bristly bracteoles. There are no bracts at the base of the umbel. Flowers are formed of five tiny, equal-sized petals, two short stamens and two pale-coloured carpels
Fruit:
Warty capsules covered by short, straight, whitish spines
Leaves:
Pinnately divided once or twice into short, narrow, bristly segments. Up to 10 cm long
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
