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Photographer: National Park Service
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Family Apiaceae
Conioselinum chinense (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Chinese hemlock-parsley, hemlock-parsley
Conioselinum: compound of Conium and Selinum from its likeness to these two genera
chinense: of or referring to China
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-60" tall forb with 1 to many thick roots |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted; inflorescence a few, 1"-5" compound, dense umbels with many long stalked, dense umbellets; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, splitting into 2 seeds, - fruit:  seed |
| Leaf: | deeply cut, triangular-shaped blades, short-winged stalks; lower leaves mostly 2-3 times divided, upper 1 to 2 times |
| Habitat: | swamps, bogs, wet meadows |
| (Glossary) |
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 Britton, Sterns @ Poggenb.&phog=from USDA Plants Website&spcode=CONCHI)
