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Anthriscus sylvestris

Anthriscus sylvestris

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

This plant is suspected of being poisonous to mammals[1]. It also looks very similar to some very poisonous species so great care must be taken when identifying it[2].

Cultivation Details

HabitBiennial
Growth—

Succeeds in most soils. Shade tolerant[3]. The root has been recommended for improvement by selection and breeding as an edible crop[4]. This plant looks quite similar to some poisonous species, make sure that you identify it correctly.

Propagation

Seed - sow as soon as ripe (early to mid summer) in situ. The seed can also be sown mid spring in situ. It usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 20°c. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Anthriscus+sylvestris>

Pollinators

Bees

References

  1. [1]Poisonous Plants in Britain and their Effects on Animals and Man. — Cooper. M. and Johnson. A. · HMSO · 1984 · ISBN 0112425291 ↩︎Concentrates mainly on the effects of poisonous plants to livestock.
  2. [2]Britain's Wild Larder. — Loewenfeld. C. and Back. P. · David & Charles; Newton Abbot. · ISBN 0-7153-7971-2 ↩︎A handy pocket guide.
  3. [3]Shade Plants for Garden and Woodland. — Brown. ↩︎
  4. [4]Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications · 1990 · ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 ↩︎Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.
  5. [5]Flora of the USSR. — Komarov. V. L. · Israel Program for Scientific Translation · 1968 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN - ↩︎An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  6. [6]Food for Free. — Mabey. R. · Collins · 1974 · ISBN 0-00-219060-5 ↩︎Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants.
  7. [7]The Wild Garden. — De. Bray. L. ↩︎Interesting reading.
  8. [8]Medicinal Plants of China — Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. · Reference Publications, Inc. · 1985 · ISBN 0-917256-20-4 ↩︎Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject.
  9. [9]The Useful Plants of Great Britain. — Johnson. C. P. ↩︎Written about a hundred years ago, but still a very good guide to the useful plants of Britain.
  10. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎