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Scientific name:

Aphanes arvensis

Vernacular name:

Parsley-piert


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Parsley-piert

Scientific name: Aphanes arvensis L.

Diagnostic features
Stems decumbent to nearly erect, to 10(20)cm.
Leaves up to 1cm.
Stipules at fruiting nodes fused into a leaf-like cup with ovate-triangular teeth at apex c.1/2 as long as entire portion.
Fruiting hypanthium 2-2.6mm incl. erect sepals c.0.6-0.8mm, with a slight constriction where hypanthium and sepals meet, reaching ± to apex of stipules at maturity.

Chromosome number: 2n=48.

Habitat
Native; cultivated and other bare ground on well-drained soils.

Distribution
Frequent ± throughout British Isles.

This species is keyed out on Page 2226: Aphanes in the Text Key.

Aphanes arvensis (Parsley-piert)
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