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Annual or perennial herbs with usu. compound leaves and essence of celery or carrots from crushed leaves. Small flowers in umbellate panicles. Several species, two shown.
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Hairy Bowlesia |
Bowlesia incana |
American Wild Carrot |
Daucus pusillus |
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Ephemeral herb of early spring. This species has simple leaves (not compound) with distinctive wedge-shaped lobes. Grows among shady rocks or under shade of Sonoran Desert trees. Flowers small and hard to see. Detailed Description |
Annual spring herb. Leaves are dissected into linear segments. Flowers many and small in flat-topped clusters. Seeds paired with hooked projections. Detailed Description |
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Whorled Pennywort |
Hydrocotyle verticillata |
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Aquatic herb growing in wet soil or floating in shallow water. Leaf circular in outline on tall petiole. Detailed Description |
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