Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

 HOME

 Japanese Home

Anthriscus sylvestris / Shaku シャク

Bloom time: May-June

   
Family:
 
 


 

Species in the genus Anthriscus:


Anthriscus sylvestris / Shaku

   

Anthriscus sylvestris / Shaku シャク

 
Anthriscus sylvestris is a perennial herb 0.7-1.4cm in height, growing in valleys, with long petioles with biternate compound leaves; the leaflets cut in profoundly. White small flowers set themselves in compound umbels on the branch ends with no involucral bracts but with a few called involucral bractlets oval-shaped which face downward. Petals are five, and one on the outside is more significant than the others. Stamens are five, and styles are short, bending outside. Fruit, cylindrical, mature in black. Bloom time: May-June.
             
                     
                     
                     

SPRING #1

inserted by FC2 system