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Conioselinum chinense (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Chinese hemlockparsley (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Conioselinum

Characteristics

Plants 50–100 cm. Root dark brown, branched. Stem branched. Basal and lower petioles ca. 5 cm, sheaths narrow-ovate; blade ovate to triangular-ovate, 15–20 × 10–15 cm, 2–3-ternate-pinnate; pinnae petiolulate, pinnules ovate, 1–5 × 0.5–3 cm; ultimate segments linear, 3–7 × 1–3 mm. Umbels ca. 5 cm across; bracts 1–2, linear, 1–1.5 cm, narrowly scarious-margined; rays 10–13, 2–3 cm, subunequal, slightly scabrous; bracteoles 5–8, linear, 0.5–1 cm. Petals obovate. Stylopodium low-conic. Fruit oblong to ellipsoid, ca. 5 × 4 mm, dorsally compressed; dorsal ribs prominent, narrowly winged, lateral ribs broad-membranous-winged; vittae small, 1 in each furrow, 4 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct. n = 22.
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Stout to very slender, 4–15 dm; lf-blades deltoid, the larger 1–2 dm, on elongate petioles, mostly 2–3 times compound, the upper once or twice compound, on short, broadly winged petioles; lfls lanceolate to ovate, 1.5–4 cm, pinnatifid; umbels few, 3–12 cm wide, long-peduncled; rays and pedicels many; fr elliptic or oblong, 2.5–4.5 mm; 2n=44. Swamps, bogs, and wet meadows; Lab. and Nf. to Minn., s. to Pa., Ind., and Io., and in the mts. to N.C. Aug., Sept.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system tap-root
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 6-8
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible roots shoots
Therapeutic use Urinary Aid (root), Debility (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Conioselinum chinense unspecified picture

Distribution

Conioselinum chinense world distribution map, present in Canada, China, France, Japan, Russian Federation, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64142-2
WFO ID wfo-0000617894
COL ID XNCR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 761966
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Synonyms

Kreidion chinensis Cnidium canadense Conioselinum gmelinii Conioselinum nipponicum Conioselinum pacificum Conioselinum pumilum Peucedanum wolffianum Selinum chinense Athamanta chinensis Apium bipinnatum Conioselinum benthamii Conioselinum bipinnatum Conioselinum canadense Conioselinum chinense Conioselinum filicinum Peucedanum filicinum Selinum dawsonii Selinum pacificum Ligusticum chinense Selinum benthamii Selinum canadense Cnidium chinense Conioselinum chinense var. anticostense Conioselinum chinense var. latilobum Conioselinum chinense var. pacificum Conioselinum dawsonii
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