Common name:
Rough chervil
Family:
Scientific name:
Chaerophyllum temulum
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK; absent from high elevation regions in the north, and from western Ireland
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, hedges, open woodland
Flowers:
Small (up to 5 mm in diameter), with five white petals, notched at the tip, sometimes rather unequally sized. In dense to open clusters, attached by stalks which, like the stems, are covered by rough, spreading hairs. Stems are ridged, and flecked with purple
Leaves:
Dull green, pinnately divided two or three times into relatively broad, blunt-pointed leaflets, hairy on both sides
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
