Apiaceae FAMILY

Anthriscus sylvestris

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

This plant is suspected of being poisonous to mammals[ 76 Title Poisonous Plants in Britain and their Effects on Animals and Man. Publication Author Cooper. M. and Johnson. A. Publisher HMSO Year 1984 ISBN 0112425291 Description Concentrates mainly on the effects of poisonous plants to livestock. ]. It also looks very similar to some very poisonous species so great care must be taken when identifying it[ 12 Title Britain's Wild Larder. Publication Author Loewenfeld. C. and Back. P. Publisher David & Charles; Newton Abbot. Year ISBN 0-7153-7971-2 Description A handy pocket guide. ].

Botanical Description

Anthriscus sylvestris is a biennial (occasionally a short-lived perennial) plant with an erect, branched stem that can be 50 - 120cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Cow Parsley is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The plant has spread widely as a result of human activity and is now found in many areas outside its original native range. It is declared noxious weed in parts of N. America.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of temperate Eurasia from the Atlantic to Japan, south to the Arabian Peninsula; N. Africa - Morocco to Tunisia.

HabitatA very common plant of roadsides, hedges etc[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. ]. Floodplain meadows, willow woods, fruit gardens, parks, ravines, gorges, thinned-out forests, groves[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].