Scientific name:

Aphanes australis

Vernacular name:

Parsley-piert, Slender

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Slender Parsley-piert

Scientific name: Aphanes australis Rydb.

Diagnostic features
Differs from Aphanes arvensis in stipule-teeth at fruiting nodes ovate-oblong, c. as long as entire portion.
Fruiting hypanthium 1.4-1.9mm incl. convergent sepals c.0.3-0.5mm.
Sepals continuing curved outline of hypanthium, falling well short of apex of stipules at maturity.

Chromosome number: 2n=16.

Habitat
Native; similar places to Aphanes arvensis but rarely on base-rich soils and less often in arable ground.

Distribution
Frequent ± throughout British Isles.

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

Aphanes australis Rydb.
Aphanes inexspectata W. Lippert
Aphanes microcarpa auct. non (Boiss. & Reut.) Rothm.
Alchemilla microcarpa auct. non Boiss. & Reut.

Slender Parsley-piert (English)
Parsley-piert, Slender [English]

Aphanes australis 2 (Flowering habit, picture taken in N Essex by C. Gibson)
Aphanes australis 3 (Flowering habit, picture taken in the Netherlands by K. Ybema)
Aphanes australis a (Shooth and fruiting hypanthium, drawing by H. Thompson in Stace, 1997)

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