''Anthriscus'' (chervils) is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, ''

Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil (; ''Anthriscus cerefolium''), sometimes called French parsley or garden chervil (to distinguish it from similar plants also called chervil), is a delicate annual herb related to parsley. It was formerly called myrhis due to its volatil ...

'' is cultivated and used in the kitchen to flavor foods. ''Anthriscus'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some

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species including the mouse moth (recorded on cow parsley). The hollow

stem Stem or STEM may refer to: Plant structures * Plant stem, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang * Stipe (botany), a stalk to support some other structure * Stipe (mycology), the stem of a mushro ...

is erect and branched, ending in compound umbels of small white or greenish flowers. The

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are bipinnate or tripinnate.

Species of ''Anthriscus''

* '' Anthriscus africana'' Hook. f. (Africa) * '' Anthriscus caucalis'' M. Bieb. - Bur chervil (native to Africa and Eurasia, introduced elsewhere) * ''

'' (L.) Hoffm. - Garden chervil, French parsley (native to Eurasia, introduced elsewhere) * ''

Anthriscus fumarioides ''Anthriscus'' (chervils) is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, '' Anthriscus cere ...

'' (Waldst. & Kit.) Spreng. (Albania, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia) * ''

Anthriscus glacialis ''Anthriscus'' (chervils) is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, '' Anthriscus cere ...

Lipsky (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) * ''

Anthriscus kotschyi ''Anthriscus'' (chervils) is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, '' Anthriscus cere ...

'' Fenzl ex Boiss. (Transcaucasus, Turkey) * ''

Anthriscus lamprocarpa ''Anthriscus'' (chervils) is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, '' Anthriscus cere ...

'' Boiss. (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Turkey) * ''

Anthriscus mollis ''Anthriscus'' (chervils) is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, '' Anthriscus cere ...

'' Boiss. & Reut. * '' Anthriscus nemorosa'' (M. Bieb.) Spreng (Africa and Eurasia) * '' Anthriscus nitida'' (Wahlenb.) Garcke (Europe) * '' Anthriscus ruprechtii'' Boiss. (Transcaucasus, Turkey) * '' Anthriscus schmalhausenii'' (Albov) Koso-Pol. (Transcaucasus) * '' Anthriscus sylvestris'' (L.) Hoffm. - Wild chervil (native to Africa and Eurasia, introduced elsewhere) * '' Anthriscus tenerrima'' Boiss. & Spruner (Greece, Turkey) * '' Anthriscus velutinus'' Sommier & Levier (Transcaucasus)

Etymology

The name is from the Latin ''Anthriscus'' and Greek ''anthriskos'', names for chervil, and may be connected to the Greek ''athēr'', the "beard" of

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References

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Anthriscus Plant Information
{{Taxonbar, from=Q745445 Apioideae Apioideae genera