Short-lived perennial, stout, 1-2 m, glabrous and glaucous; lf-segments mostly 1-4(-5) cm, well under 1 mm wide; rays 10-40, unequal, mostly 2-8 cm at maturity; fr 3.5-4 mm, the ribs acute; 2n=22. Native of the Mediterranean region, now found throughout much of the U.S., especially southward, and elsewhere in warm regions.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam

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Indiana Coefficient of Conservatism: C = null, non-native

Wetland Indicator Status: UPL

Diagnostic Traits: glabrous annual; compound leaves with filiform leaf divisions; umbels lacking bracts and bracklets; flowers yellow; fruits to 4 mm, with slender ribs.