Chaerophyllum tainturieri

Chaerophyllum tainturieri, known as hairyfruit chervil or southern chervil, is a slender annual or biennial herb of the Apiaceae family, native to the south-central and southeastern United States. Plants arise from a slender taproot and grow 30 to 90 centimetres tall, with erect, branching, finely ribbed stems that are sparsely to moderately covered with soft white hairs. Leaves are alternate, ovate-triangular in outline, 5 to 15 centimetres long, two- to three-pinnately compound, with small, deeply lobed, oblong leaflets; basal leaves are long-petiolate, upper leaves shortly so with sheathing bases. The inflorescence is a small compound umbel with 2 to 5 unequal rays; tiny white flowers, about 1 to 2 millimetres across, have five notched petals. Fruits are characteristic for the family: dry, narrow, oblong schizocarps 5 to 9 millimetres long, ribbed and slightly hairy, splitting into two mericarps. It grows in disturbed ground, woodland edges, and fields.