Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Rosaceae > Aphanes > Aphanes arvensisAphanes arvensis (field parsley piert)Synonyms: Alcemilla arvensis; Alcemilla occidentalis; Alchemilla aphanes; Alchemilla arvensis; Alchemilla arvensis collina; Alchemilla arvensis var. lucronensis (homotypic); Alchemilla arvensis var. occidentalis; Alchemilla cuneifolia; Alchemilla delicatula; Alchemilla monandra; Alchemilla occidentalis; Alchemilla triloba; Aphanes cuneifolia; Aphanes delicatula; Aphanes monogyna; Aphanes occidentalis; Aphanes triloba; Aphanes vulgaris; Percepier arvensis (homotypic); Potentilla arvensis (homotypic) Aphanes arvensis, known as parsley-piert, is a sprawling, downy plant common all over the British Isles where It grows on arable fields and bare wastelands, particularly in dry sites. The short-stalked leaves have three segments each lobed at the tip. Flowers April–September. The tiny green flower has four sepals and no petals, the fruit is oval pointed. Stipules form a leaf-like cup, enclosing the flower. The name of parsley piert has nothing to do with parsley. It is a corruption of the French perce-pierre, meaning 'stone-piercer' and was given to the plant because of its habit of growing in shallow, stony soil and emerging between stones. As in the case of saxifrage (from the Latin meaning 'stone-breaker') it was wrongly assumed that the plant could pierce stones; and it was thought tha |
Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | Lifespan [1] | Annual | Pollinators [1] | Bats | Structure [3] | Herb | | Height [1] | 1.968 inches (0.05 m) | Width [1] | 8 inches (0.2 m) | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [2] | Mostly Infertile | Soil Moisture [2] | Mostly Dry | View Plants For A Future Record : Aphanes arvensis |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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