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Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Also called Chervil, Southern Chervil, Tainturier's Chervil, Hairy Fruit Chervil
Hairyfruit chervil is a small native annual wildflower of the south-eastern US, found in glades, fields and disturbed ground, grown mainly for its wild, carrot-family look rather than as a garden crop. It is best sown directly in cool spring weather where it is wanted.
Chaerophyllum tainturieri, known by the common names hairyfruit chervil and southern chervil, is a forb and annual plant native to the south-eastern United States, with disjunct populations in Arizona and New Mexico. It is a common plant, found in glades, fields, and disturbed areas. It produces small white umbels of flowers in the spring.
This species was the subject of a germination study, which revealed a new type of seed dormancy.
Broad Leaved Chervil · Golden Chervil · Azores Chervil · Turnip-root chervil · Chaerophyllum byzantinum · Mountain Myrrh · Chaerophyllum elegans · Hairy Chervil · Chaerophyllum libanoticum · Spreading chervil · Rough chervil · Chervil
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chaerophyllum tainturieri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
