| Other Names | Wild Dill | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Polytaenia texana | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Parsley ( Apiaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 tiny petals, flowers in umbels
Tall (to 1.5 m.) with coarse, yellow-green stem. Flower: Five tiny yellow petals to 1/4 in. across. Flowers in small clusters with 10-20 clusters on stalks of unequal length, the clusters again forming larger clusters. Leaves: to 7 1/4 in. long pinnately divided with rounded tips. Reddish petiole bases. Seed: Mature seeds have a tapering lower end. Wing portion broader and thinner than seed body. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 176 Similar to Prairie Parsley. Check leaf tips and seed shape. Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 129 | |||||||||||||
March - June
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Round tips on pinnate leaf tips. |
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One of the distinction between this Texas Parsley and Prairie Parsley are the leaf tips. Look for round tips on the leaflets.
Also seed pod is tapering inferiorly on this flower where the Prairie Parsley has a perfectly elliptical seed. |