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Photographer: John M. Schoeneker
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized; ecologically invasive |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, 1'-5' tall forb; stout, white taproot with a carrot odor |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted; inflorescence a 2"-5" compound, flat, long-stalked, dense umbel often with 1 dark flower in the center; edge flowers enlarged and sometimes irregular; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, splitting into 2 seeds, - fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | oblong, not clasping, feathery, repeatedly pinnately-divided into thin segments |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites, roadsides |
| Notes: | when in seed, inflorescence curls up into "bird nest"- like cluster |
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